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Eligibility Criteria

Students Eligible for Transportation (includes French Immersion)

All students residing within the following distance criteria are considered eligible:

 

    • Grade K-3 residing 1.7 km or more from their designated school* or designated focus school**
    • Grades 4-12 residing 2.4 km or more from their designated school* or designated focus school**
    • Any Grade that meets the major arterial roadway eligibility

 

Students In-Eligible for Transportation

Students enrolled in:  

    • Grade K-3 residing less than 1.7 km or more from their designated school* or designated focus school**
    • Grades 4-12 residing less than 2.4 km or more from their designated school* or designated focus school**
    • Students that reside out-of-boundary from their designated school* where a connection can not be made.
 
To view eligibility by maps please go click on our School Boundaries information page.
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Note:  Approved Walk Limit for all students to bus stops = max. 750 meters.  Parent/Guardian are responsible for their child(ren) safety prior to loading and unloading from the school bus.

 

 

Major Arterial Roadways - Transportation Eligibility

Students will not be charged a fee to be transported on a bus if the student crosses a major arterial road to get to their designated school. Major arterial roadways are defined as:

 

    • Wapiti Road (Hwy 40)
    • 68th Avenue
    • 84th Avenue
    • 92nd Street south of 100th avenue only
    • 100th Street
    • 132 Avenue
    • Southview subdivision for students attending St. Kateri
    • Students living in Chelsea Villas (those crossing 102 St) to attend St. Catherine

 

Out-of-Boundary or Out-of-District (School of Choice) Eligibility

The Board supports that parents can make a choice to attend a non-designated school, however school bus services may not guarantee transportation to the non-designated school or an out-of-boundary focus school (Celtic, Montessori). 

 

Students that have been approved to ride the bus to their school of choice should interpret the service as being valid for a one (1) school year term only, with the expectation that your child(ren) may not be able to obtain the same school bus service the following school year.

 

Pre-Kindergarten Eligibility

Urban (City of GP) - Parents with children in Pre-Kindergarten are required to transport their child to a Pre-Kindergarten program unless alternate transportation is designated by the Supervisor of Early Learning and the child is eligible.

Rural - Parents with children in Pre-Kindergarten can be transported to a Pre-Kindergarten program by school bus only if an older sibling is riding.

 

 

*Designated School - a student residing within the attendance area for that school 

**Designated Focus School - a student residing within the attendance area for that focus school 

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