Alternate Bus Stops: Weather Plan for Rain
Bulloch County has approximately 720 miles of dirt roads. While they are maintained by a county public works department, rain and large vehicles, like school buses, can create safety hazards and structural damage to them. As a result, the school district activates the alternate bus stop plan for certain dirt roads during times of either severe rainfall or light rainfall that may last for an extended time, particularly overnight. This alternate bus stop plan is for the safety of bus drivers and students, plus it helps protect the dirt roadways which can be damaged by large vehicles when they are wet.
When the alternate bus stop plan is activated, school bus drivers contact affected families, and the school district communicates it to the public. Please remember the following when the plan is activated:
- Activation of the alternate bus stop plan by the school district does not mean that the dirt roads have been closed by public works. Please adhere to any temporary road hazard or road closure signs that could be erected.
- Dirt roads can be accessible when wet by smaller vehicles or trucks, but wet, muddy roads are more hazardous for heavy buses and their weight may also damage dirt roads when the roads are saturated. A loaded school bus can weigh an estimated 26,800 to over 38,000 pounds.
- Activation of the alternate bus stop plan does not mean that school is closed.
- Families who live on affected roads and have a child who rides the bus will need to either bring their child to the alternate bus stop or bring their child to school.
- Absences are excused at the discretion of the school's principal.
- A list of the Alternate Bus Stop Plan's affected roads is provided for reference below.
Closed to All Buses Due to Long-term Closure
- Aycock Road
- Dekel Road (area near 2210 and 2611)
- G W Oliver Spur
Closed to Buses Any Time It Rains
- Holland Road
- Buck Creek Road
Closed to Buses During Hard Rains, Rains Overnight, or Multiple Days of Rain
- Aden Lanier Road (from Sinkhole to Jim Waters roads)
- Alex Knight Road
- Bee Bee Road
- Bethel Church Road (alternate stop at church)
- Bragg Chester Road
- Buster Miller Road
- C. Brown Road
- Cleary Road
- Cliponreka Road
- Dyches Road
- Ephuses Church Road
- Grimshaw Lane
- Homer Bunch Road at Jackie Hart Road
- Honey Bowen Road
- Ibo Anderson - at pond dam area
- Jack Kennedy Road
- Jo Dan Road
- J.R. Cribbs Road
- Kendricks Road
- Kelly Road (Off of Clito Road)
- Kelly Pond Road
- Maria Sorrell Road (the dirt part)
- Mitchell Rigdon
- Moore Road off of Rocky Ford Rd.
- M P Martin Road
- Nevils Creek Church Road (Portal)
- O C Banks Road
- Ponderosa Road (Portal)
- Prather Road
- Riverview Road
- Reedy Branch Road (the part that is on the Nevil’s Groveland side)
- Sam Tillman Road
- Seaborn Victory at Akins Pond
- Shawn Sorrell Road
- T H Lee Road
- West Anderson Road
- West Water Road
- Wilburn Road
- Womack Road (Portal)