Sleeping on the bus

Over the years I have had two students fall asleep and fail to get off the bus at their destination. One was an elementary student and one was a secondary student. Both times it was the AM route which means they didn’t get off at the school drop site. Both times the students woke up within just a few minutes and I turned around and took them back to school. Every once in a while you hear about a nightmare scenario where a student falls asleep on the PM route and rides the bus back to the depot where they are left on the bus until found by frantic searchers. No school bus driver wants to be involved in that situation. That's why we always want to remember to walk the bus before clocking out.