2026-2027 Bus Attendant

POSITION: SCHOOL BUS ATTENDANT

LOCATION: MPCS Transportation Department

SALARY: Classified Scale Grade 2

HOURS: 30 hours per week (benefits eligible)

POSITION LENGTH: 185 days

FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR(S): Director of Transportation

HIRING MANAGER: Patricia Hurley Director of Transportation -

JOB SUMMARY:

The Bus Attendant supports the safe transportation of students to and from school by assisting with supervision behavior support and student needs while on the bus. This position helps ensure a safe orderly and supportive environment that allows the bus driver to focus on operating the vehicle safely.

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND SKILLS:

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Current First Aid and CPR certification or willingness to obtain certification prior to employment.
• Ability to speak read write and understand English; Spanish language proficiency is a plus.
• Ability to perform moderate lifting of 50 lbs operate a wheelchair lift and assist students on and off the bus as needed.
• Kindness and understanding when working with children.
• Ability to remain calm and respond appropriately in emergency situations.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with school officials supervisor co-workers parents and students.
• Willingness and ability to work split shifts daily (6:00 a.m.8:45 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.4:30 p.m.) during the school year.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES: (including but not limited to the following)

• Assists the Bus Driver in maintaining cleanliness sanitation safety and appropriate appearance of the bus interior.
• Supports and participates in emergency evacuation drills in compliance with mandated safety requirements.
• Assists students with personal and safety needs during transport and while loading and unloading including emergency situations.
• Communicates with parents teachers bus drivers and administrators regarding student behavior activities or special transportation arrangements.
• Implements components of student behavior plans as directed particularly for students receiving special education services.
• Reinforces bus safety rules and expectations while providing positive discipline and guidance.
• Operates wheelchair lifts and safely secures or repositions students and equipment as necessary.
• Maintains emergency and student information to ensure accessibility when needed.
• De-escalates behavioral situations to prevent distractions to the driver and ensure student safety.
• Prepares and maintains written documentation such as behavior reports medication logs referrals and route information.
• Reports observations incidents or concerns to appropriate personnel in a timely manner.
• Responds appropriately to emergency situations and addresses immediate safety concerns.
• Secures students and safety equipment (e.g. wheelchairs car seats restraints seat belts) to ensure student welfare.
• Attends required meetings training and in-service sessions.
• Performs other duties as assigned to support safe and efficient transportation operations.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• The employee must be able to effectively communicate and interact with staff students families and the public through verbal written and electronic means.
• Duties require the ability to see read hear speak handle and feel objects and controls.
• Physical requirements include climbing stooping kneeling crouching reaching standing walking pushing pulling lifting grasping and performing repetitive motions. The employee must possess sufficient strength and agility to safely move lift and secure students in child safety restraint systems and to assist students with entering and exiting the bus during both routine operations and emergency situations. The driver must be able to perform required emergency evacuation procedures including entering and exiting the school bus as necessary. The position also requires the ability to perform moderate lifting operate a wheelchair lift and assist students on and off the bus as needed.
• Specific vision abilities required include close distance and peripheral vision as well as the ability to adjust focus and distinguish colors.
• While performing the duties of this position the employee may work near moving mechanical parts and be exposed to a variety of weather conditions including wet humid hot and cold environments. The employee may also be exposed to fumes airborne particles minor vibration and noise levels that are typically moderate to loud.

CLEARANCES (Conditions for employment):

• Criminal Justice Fingerprint/Background Clearance
• Tuberculosis Screening

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The Manassas Park City School Board is an equal opportunity employer committed to nondiscrimination in recruitment selection hiring pay promotion retention or and other personnel actions affecting employees or candidates for employment. Therefore discrimination in employment against any person on the basis of race color creed religion national origin ancestry political affiliation sex sexual orientation gender gender identity age pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions marital status military status genetic information or disability is prohibited as required by federal and state laws and regulations. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

This job description is intended to reflect the general nature and level of work performed by the employee. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties skills or working conditions associated with the position. Management reserves the right to modify add or remove duties and to assign other responsibilities as necessary.