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The Board of Trustees endorses the use of conscientious students for safety patrols.

The attention of Principals and Teachers is drawn to the following quotation from Rules for the Operation of School Patrols in Manitoba which states: "Patrol members should be selected for leadership and reliability. Their service should be voluntary and the approval of a parent or guardian obtained before their appointment. Officers and members should be appointed for the full school term, but may be changed at the discretion of the school Principal."

The regulations covering patrols state that the function of patrols is "to instruct, direct, and control members of the student body in crossing streets at intersections adjacent to the school."

However, at schools where the majority of the students in the Elementary and Junior High grades travel by bus, patrol members, under the jurisdiction of the Teacher supervising bus loading, may be used to assist in the orderly boarding of buses by students.

School patrols have no authority in any matter not falling within their jurisdiction.

School patrols shall be established in all schools with elementary grades where traffic hazards exist.

(PSA, 89)