To ensure the safety
of students, school bus service may be cancelled from time to time due to
inclement weather, extreme temperatures and/or poor road conditions. In these
cases, parents and students should develop alternate care/transportation
arrangements.
Cancellation decisions
will only be made after thorough consultation with the Safety Officers of
school bus companies servicing York Region and are based on several factors
including precipitation, air temperature, road conditions and weather
forecast.
Please note the following;
· A decision to cancel
school bus service will be region-wide meaning all school
buses, vans and taxis will not operate
· School
bus routes may be
cancelled when severe weather is not affecting all municipalities in York
Region. Both the YRDSB and YCDSB operate many regional educational
programs. Students attending these programs are transported over large
attendance areas encompassing several municipal boundaries. This limits the
ability to cancel bus service using a municipality or zone methodology
·
When bus service is
cancelled all school tests and/or examinations will be cancelled and
rescheduled
·
Student trips
involving the use of school buses will also be cancelled
·
Unless otherwise stated,
schools will remain open and parents can make arrangements to transport their
children to and from school even if school bus service is
cancelled.
If buses are cancelled in the morning, they will not
operate in the afternoon. Therefore students transported to school by parents
will require the same transportation home.
Parents, students and
school staff are asked to access the following radio and television stations
after 6:00 a.m. to receive bus cancellation information:
RADIO
590 AM 640 AM 680 AM 860
AM 1010 AM 1050 AM 1540 AM 1580 AM 8
8.5 FM 89.9 FM
92.5 FM 93.1 FM 94.9 FM 95.9 FM 97.3 FM 98.1 FM 99.1 FM 99.9 FM
101.1 FM 102.1 FM
104.5 FM 100.7 FM 107.1 FM
TELEVISION
CITY
TV CTV Barrie CFTO
TV CP24 GLOBAL NEWS
A bus cancellation
message will also be available at www.schoolbuscity.com and by calling 1-877-330-3001, or by
following the @YCDSB and @YRDSB on twitter.
A bus cancellation message will also be available
at www.schoolbuscity.com and by calling
1-877-330-3001, or by following the YCDSB and YRDSB on twitter.
Please do not call the school
to inquire about bus cancellation as we will not be able to respond in a timely
manner in the morning. Please use the above services for information
about bus cancellation. Thank you.
