Contact the school principal and make an appointment to meet. Take several concerned student with you. Have them each make a list of three reasons the school bus drivers need the help of the committee.
Review the school district policies on the school bus system. The policies and procedures should address who can and can't ride on the bus. Find out if the policy allows for parents to volunteer on the bus, at the curbside or in any manner at all.
Meet with the school bus driver union representative. Before you form a committee, call the school bus company and speak with the management. Many school bus drivers belong to a union. A union representative can help answer your questions about working with the school bus company and assisting the school bus drivers.
Organize parents to form the committee. You might want to casually ask a few other parents who share your concerns to help form the committee. Invite two or three other parents to help develop the committee. Committee members must be diplomatic and able to communicate fairly and appropriately.
Recruit volunteers to help the committee achieve its goals. Design a flier to give to school bus riders. The flier should simply invite parents to volunteer to serve on the committee. List ways the parents can volunteer and the impact it will have on issues of safety, economy and efficiency of the bus transportation.
Organize the volunteers to work different shifts based on stated availability. Divide the volunteers into morning and afternoon shifts, with emergency volunteers in case a parent is unavailable on a given date.
Review the effectiveness of the committee. Ask for feedback from the committee members, volunteers, students and parents. Use the feedback from the parents and students to determine if the committee is required for one academic year, a couple of academic years or indefinitely.