School-of-Choice Transportation

Parents that choose to register their child in a school other than their designated school must print off and submit a School of Choice form.

Transportation will be provided for students who choose to attend a school other than their designated school, provided:

• There is space available on the bus
• The bus does not have to be diverted from the regular approved route
• The receiving school has the space available to accommodate the child that applicable transportation fees are paid

Regarding transportation: Parkland School Division will not guarantee the availability of transportation services for school-of-choice students. Parents may request transportation to a school-of-choice with an understanding that:

• Transportation services may be unavailable between your residence and a school-of-choice.
• The provision for transportation services, if available, may be delayed until after the commencement of the school term and only after all the eligible students are assigned to busing.
• Transportation services may be provided IF there is room on an established transportation route.
• Transportation services will not divert from a regular route to provide school-of-choice registration service.

Exceptions

The following transported students will not be required to pay for school-of-choice transportation fees:

• Students with special needs directed to a specialized program outside their designated school
• Students enrolled in specialized programming for which provincial transportation funding is provided
• Students attending a non-designated school, who were residing within an optional transportation area that was removed by the Board during the 2004/05 school year (this applies only to those students currently enrolled in Parkland, not their siblings who will be entering the system)

Note: Students enrolled in specialized programming, such as the PSD Christian Program, at a school other than their designated school will be required to pay the School-of-Choice fees.