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Please review this information before you apply.
(Note: If you require a bus pass for the remainder of this school year, please use the 2019-2020 application and indicate in the comments section "Application for remainder of 2018-2019")
In order for your child to have his/her bus pass for the first day of school (Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019), bus pass applications & payment or payment arrangement must be received no later than 3 p.m., Thursday August 1st, 2019.
Any applications received after this date may not be processed in time for the first day of school.
If your child does not have a valid bus pass for the 2019-2020 school year, he/she will NOT be able to ride the bus.
- Students requesting transportation after October 1st of any given year must register by completing this application form and submitting it to the Transportation Department.
Students will only be permitted to ride 3 – 5 business days AFTER their application is received at the Transportation office.
- Students must live outside the school’s walk boundary to qualify for a bus pass.
Bus passes are issued to students traveling between home and school and between school and ONE sitter/daycare only.
- Passes are non-transferable and must always be presented to the driver and scanned in order to board the school bus.
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All transportation changes must be processed through the Parent Portal under the Transportation Information tab. In transportation information tab above your child's transportation information there is a section called forms. Please use the form that meets your request.
- Each eligible student who has submitted an application will be issued one personalized bus pass if they are not a current pass holder (all passes must be returned, if service is terminated midyear).
Please keep the physical bus pass card year to year and once payment or payment arrangement for the school year as well as any previous outstanding fees have been made, the bus pass will be activated for the new school year.
- If your son/daughter has any special transportation needs (wheelchair, etc) please use the comments field to indicate your child's requirements.
- Please familiarize yourself and your child with the bus safety information.
- Transportation fees will be refunded, only upon return of the student bus pass to the Transportation Department. Fees will only be refunded to full months remaining in the school year, not for a portion of a month.
No refunds after January 31st of the school year.
- Apply below.
Transportation information is available at 780-459-7711 or www.gsacrd.ab.ca.
Please refrain from using your computer's autofill in the address fields as this creates errors in the application and may cause you to have to apply again. Thank you.
Completing your bus application:
To complete the application process, payment in full or payment arrangement must be in place through SchoolCash Online or in person at the transportation office located at 6 St. Vital Ave. in St. Albert prior to your child being registered or placed onto a bus route.
Please remember to set up your SMS numbers under my information to ensure you will receive notifications of delayed busing via text messaging.
If you choose not to enable a phone number then all notifications will come via email ONLY. If you need help with this please call 780-459-7711.
Once the application has been received in our office and a confirmation email has been provided to you, please go to the Parent Portal
and login or if your family is new to busing please create a New Subscriber. Once created and the email has been verified please login
and add your children under the My Children Tab. Then go to the My Information tab and under the SMS place a phone number that you can
receive text notification and an email under the email tab to ensure you will receive notification of any delays or cancellations of your
child's busing. If you choose not to fill in these areas you will NOT receive any notification of delays or Cancellation's of your child's busing.
I acknowledge that transportation procedures will apply.