- Since its inception,
this consortium has been working with the two school
districts to align their respective transportation
policies and where possible to serve children
attending the two systems using common bus routes.
Prior to the formation
of the partnership, each school district contracted
its own buses and managed its own routes. Given that
many of the buses servicing routes particularly in
rural areas were not loaded to capacity, the DDSB
often extended available seats to students who did not
qualify for transportation. In this case, the use of
these ‘surplus’ seats did not appreciably change the
school district’s cost of contracting the buses.
It is important to
understand the reason that ‘surplus’ seats are
no longer available even though buses may not be
filled. In the current arrangement, the cost of the
bus service is shared by the consortium partners, each
assuming the proportion of the cost that corresponds
to their usage. Assume a community having 1500 riders,
1000 aligned with the DDSB and 500 with the DCDSB. In
this case, the DDSB would assume 2/3 of the
transportation cost and the DCDSB 1/3 of the overall
cost (i.e.1000/1500). Were the DDSB to allow an
additional 500 students to use available seats on
various routes, its portion of the overall cost would
increase to 75% (i.e. 1500/2000). For this reason,
school officials are careful to ensure that only those
with eligibility gain access to transportation
service.
DDSB Transportation Policy
Click here to access this Policy
In cases of extreme weather, please listen to one of
the local radio stations below for notices of
transportation cancellation:
CKDO-AM/1580 CKDO /FM/107.7
KX96-FM 95.9 CFRB-AM 1010
CBC/CBL 99.1 Q107-FM 107.1
CHFI-FM 98.1 CHUM-FM 104.5
Y92-FM 91.9 EZ ROCK 97.3
CICX 105.9 CKLY - AM 91.0
The Rock-FM 94.9
Very often, these announcements indicate that bus
services to schools north of Highway #7 has been cancelled.
This can be confusing, particularly for residents of
Brock for whom Highway 7 runs east from Sunderland to Lindsay. To date, efforts to have
this announcement list the municipalities effected have
had limited success. Please note, when school bus
cancellation, “north of Highway 7” is announced, service
to all schools in Uxbridge and Brock has been cancelled..
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