Saar Handbook

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Home Pick-Up

The bus will arrive to your home at a pre-defined time. You will receive a message from the Customer Experience team with your pick-up time.

First Day of Service

Please note that for your first day of service, the first trip will be from school to home in order to ensure a safe journey.

If the bus driver arrived ahead of or slightly behind schedule:

If the bus arrives ahead of schedule we will wait for you until the pre-defined time.

If the bus arrives behind schedule we will wait for a maximum of X minutes

School Pick-Up

Any student that must be collected directly from the classroom will be collected by the bus attendants and escorted to their bus.

It is important that you inform your Account Manager of your child’s grade and division for a smooth pick-up.

For all other students, they are expected to go to the bus directly.

Bus & Parking

To ensure that your child can easily find the bus, we park our busses in the same place every day.

If the bus arrives behind schedule we will wait for a maximum of X minutes

If your child does not need to be picked up from class, they should make their way to the [Parking Area name] and look for their assigned bus number.

To avoid delays or lateness for students

The bus will leave after a maximum of 15 minutes after the school ends  - the time varies from school to school, please confirm with your Account Manager or Bus Attendant.

If all students are present on the bus early, the bus will leave earlier.

Bus Attendants

Our bus attendants have been trained with the essentials of the Saar Service and ensuring that your child has a safe journey.

Roles & Responsibilities

Pick-up and collection from the classroom for children that must be picked up.

Ensure the safety of the child on the bus.

Attendance management on the bus.

Ensure child is dropped off at the correct location to a guardian.

The bus attendant will be wearing the Saar Vest in order to be easily identified.

Account Manager

Your account manager will be your dedicated point of contact for:

Notifications & Tracking

Smart Cards

Always keep your kid’s smart card with them

The smart card is an important part of the notifications and tracking feature. So in order to receive notifications on the status of your child’s trip and to be able to track, please ensure that your child is wearing or carrying their smart card during the journey.

Notifications

You will be able to track your child’s journey through the application and you will receive multiple notifications per trip

Rest assured that we have full visibility of on your child’s journey and have continuous access to the Bus Attendant. So if you have any questions you can always contact your Account Manager on (00000000) to get updates.

Bus is Nearby

When the bus is approximately X minutes away from home/school.

Bus is Outside

When the bus arrives to home/school.

On Boarding Bus

When your child boards the bus.

Before Drop-Off

When your child is approximately X minutes close to home/school.

On Drop-Off

When your child is dropped off.

Other Information

After School Activities

We regret to inform you that currently we are only providing transportation during official school schedules and we are not providing transportation for after school hours or other special arrangements (e.g. extra classes, after-school activities).

For any questions or clarifications, you can reach out to your Account Manager.

Absence from Saar & School

In the event that a child will not be using Saar for a specific day, either due to sickness or because you would like to pick them up/drop them off, please inform your Account Manager at your earliest convenience.