4YOs on full size bus for field trip

tarynsmum

Senior Community Member
DD's class is going to the pumpkin patch next week. It's about 30 minutes each way. There are 22 kids in her class, along with 3 teachers and assorted parents who want to come along (including myself). They're renting a full-size Laidlaw school bus. I've been told by the teacher that they have seat belts.

It's been a few years since I did the school bus certification thru Safe Kids. I can't for the life of me remember the rules. I know compartmentalization only really "works" for a average size Kindergartner.

Question is DD is about 35 lbs. There are a few in her class who are smaller (both height and weight) than her. Should I bring a harness seat? Or a booster? Or nothing, since it is a giant school bus and they are incredibly safe?
 
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Pixels

New member
If you want to bring a harness seat, I don't see anything wrong with that. Just remember, nobody riding unrestrained in the seat directly behind.
 

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