Students attending their board-designated schools are eligible for distance-based transportation from their primary address as follows:
If a residential address does not qualify for transportation based on distance as determined by STS, it is the responsibility of the parent/caregiver to determine how the student will arrive at and depart from school.
For transportation-eligible students, STS offers a scheduled, fixed route transportation model whereby eligible riders are assigned to both specific bus routes and bus stop locations.
The service does not allow for flexible ridership for safety reasons and requests for assignments to other bus routes/stops for circumstances like part-time jobs, lessons, visitation at a friend's house etc. will be denied by the school, bus company and/or STS.
A bus registration form must be completed for each student. STS will review the request to ensure that the student is eligible for transportation and that all terms and conditions are met prior to transportation being assigned.
STS will plan home to school transportation based on the student's primary address registered with the school board and to their board-designated school. A student can only have one primary address. The primary address must be transportation eligible as established in the STS software.
Parents/caregivers remain responsible for transportation arrangements that are beyond the scope of the service model provided by STS.