With parents having to decide if they will send their children back to school or not, they are also reminded to plan accordingly in terms of transportation.
Southwestern Ontario Student Transportation Services have launched a mandatory bus registration process for September with the deadline being today (Aug 14).
Ministry of Education guidelines regarding physical distancing on school buses will reduce capacity throughout the transportation system by approximately 60%.
Given the decreased capacity on buses, and to support contact tracing efforts in the fight against COVID-19, student riders will be assigned to transportation based on registration only.
Transportation Registration will be available at mybigyellowbus.ca for those who may not have received the email, but are transportation-eligible and registered at school.
A Transportation Registration hotline will be available to assist people without internet access.
The Registration does not apply to students who use specialized transportation to meet their unique needs as that process has already been completed for next year.
