• Green Tag – 9 years old and over students can get off alone with out parent/guardian at stop.
  
  

• Orange Tag – Student is 8 years old or under and requires an authorized parent/guardian, family member 13 years of age or older at the stop to retrieve the student.

  
  
• Blue Tag – Students are car riders that sometimes ride the school bus and are required to have a green or orange tag to board the school bus.

Eight and Under Bus Stop Notice

It is important that families are aware of their children’s bus stop information, including where and when students are dropped off by the bus in the afternoon. When no parent or guardian is at the stop, students who are 8 years old or under will be taken to the address below.

MCS Satellite Drop-Off Location

Park Street Elementary

105 Park Street, SE - Marietta, GA 30060

Phone: 470-328-4139

It is the responsibility of the parent or guardian to ensure the student is appropriately supervised or a child is dropped off at his/her bus stop. Failure to do so can result in the filing of a report based upon Division of Family and Children Service (DFCS) guidelines.

Georgia DFCS Guidelines state that:

• Children age 8 years old and younger should not be left alone, even for short periods of time.
• Children between the ages of 9 and 12, based on level of maturity, can be left home alone for brief periods of time.
• Children 13 and older can generally be left as babysitters, except for foster care. It is not recommended, however, that 13-year-olds babysit infants, small children and children that require special attention due to medical conditions.

Please note that students 8 years old and younger will be taken to Park Street if one of the authorized pickups isn’t at the bus stop. If a student is returned to the MCS after school program, his/her parents could be charged a fee. Therefore, it is important that you communicate your arrangements with the bus driver if you or another responsible person of the appropriate age is not present to meet young children. *Please note that we keep siblings together.