Transportation Fees

Updated Eligibility for 2024-2025 School Year

Due to the new eligibility guidelines for the 2024-25 school year, Transportation service will be modified next year. Please stay tuned for pending announcements. Online registration will open on May 1st, 2024.

2023-2024

For all students residing less than 2.4 km walking distance from their catchment school:

  KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 5 GRADE 6 TO 9 GRADE 10 TO 12 MAXIMUM PER FAMILY

CATCHMENT SCHOOL (less than 1.6 km) 

** provided if there is room on the bus

 $300/year $300/year $300/year (if a student rides a yellow school bus and there is room on an existing route) $600/year

CATCHMENT SCHOOL (between 1.6 km and 2.4 km)

** provided if there is room on the bus

 $150/year $300/year $300/year (if a student rides a yellow school bus and there is room on an existing route) $600/year
SCHOOL OF CHOICE (less than 2.4 km) $300/year $300/year $300/year (if a student rides a yellow school bus and there is room on an existing route) $600/year
RED DEER CITY TRANSIT PASSES (less than 2.4 km)     $51.45/month - restricted $59.85/month - unrestricted  

REGISTRATION LATE FEE

** provided if there is room on the bus

 $50/student $50/student $50/student  

Please be advised that the $600 maximum only applies to fees, not the second bus and late fees.

At the March 2023 Regular Board Meeting, the Board of Trustees approved the recommendation of changes within the transportation processes: 

  • Students eligible for busing, if necessary, will receive up to two bus stops to accommodate up to two addresses.
  • Should the student's second bus stop be located on the same route as the student's primary address's bus stop, no additional transportation fees would apply.
  • If a student's second bus stop requires the use of a second bus route, within the school catchment, a fee of $150 will apply to offset the seat being occupied on a second bus route.
  • If a student's second bus route is outside the school catchment there will be no busing provided.

Bus Registration:

When registering a child for busing, parents/guardians will need to register using their primary address that is within their school's catchment. If the parent/guardian requires the child to be dropped off at an alternate address (as described above), they will be able to add an alternate address into their bus registration. If the alternate address falls within catchment but does not fall into the child's pre-existing bus route, then a second bus would be needed on an alternate route and a $150 fee will be charged.

To ensure we are following the recommended changes, two bus stops are allowed per family within the school's catchment.

Primary Approved Bus Stop This is the student's primary physical and mailing addresses.
Secondary Approved Bus Stop

This is only used as a secondary address for Transportation to dayhome, daycare, or contact 3 address - this is not intended for extra-curricular activities.

Contact 3 as defined in PowerSchool is the parent/legal guardian living at an address that is DIFFERENT than the primary approved bus stop. Example: Students may live at the primary approved bus stop, 50% of the time and Contact 3 the other 50%.

To efficiently plan routing we request that all transportation registrations are received on or before June 15th, 2023. Requests received after June 15th will be processed, however a late fee of $50/student will be applied.

The revised transportation processes will come into effect at the start of the 2023-2024 school year.