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Change to Bus Cancellation in Severe Cold Weather

Previously, when bus service was cancelled in the morning due to severe cold temperatures (-40C or colder without wind chill or -45C or colder with wind chill at 6:00 am), buses would be cancelled for the entire day.
 
Given that we bus more than half of all Prairie Valley students, bus cancellations can have a significant, negative impact on student attendance.  Our priority is to encourage every student to be at school every day, ready to learn.
 
Effective immediately, when a morning cancellation due to severe cold occurs, buses will be expected to run in the afternoon.  If parents can get their children to school in the morning, the school division will run buses in the afternoon to take students home at the end of the day. Afternoon curricular and extra-curricular activities scheduled for 12:00 p.m. or later and magnet routes are also expected to operate.
 
As always, safety is our top priority. A second review of temperatures will be completed at 11:00 am.  If conditions are such that routes cannot operate at the end of the school day, the Supervisor of Transportation will notify all families using School Messenger and post a notice to the PVSD.ca website by 1:00 p.m.  If end of day routes are cancelled, magnet bus routes and afternoon curricular and extra-curricular activities are also cancelled.
 
Whenever a cancellation occurs, our process is to update the website at PVSD.ca, communicate with parents via school messenger and notify local radio stations.
 
We hope this enhancement to bus service will support student attendance, even on very cold days.
 
For full details of the procedure, please go to www.pvsd.ca under Policies and Procedures.
 
If you have any questions, contact [email protected].
 

snow day    Inclement Weather Plan - Billet

 
If the weather becomes inclement during or at the end of the school day, the ÉLES billet plan will go into effect.  It is imperative that all students have a billet that can be contacted as an alternate after-school-home.  This is important for town as well as bus students because neither town nor bus parents may be able to return home.
 
In an effort to ensure safety for all students if a major weather event occurs, ÉLES is asking parents to review and become familiar with the following school plan:
 
   1.  ÉLES will email all parents as soon as notice is received.  Please check your email
        regularly on bad weather days. 
   2.  It would be helpful if parents contacted billets to ensure they are available to pick up
        the children.  If alternate arrangements are made, please call or email to inform ÉLES.   
        This information will be recorded for the teacher and office personnel. 
   3.  Children will be supervised in their classroom or at the office to await pick up. 
   4.  Town students will not be dismissed until ÉLES has assurance that there is someone at
        home or picking  up the student.  
 
Please understand that ÉLES will do its best to disperse students as quickly and calmly as possible.  However, you may be asked to wait in line to sign out students and you may need to wait for the telephone to be answered. 
 
School Phone Number: (306) 731-3338
E-mail address:  [email protected]
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Inclement Weather Plan - PVSD Initiated Bus Cancellation 

 

Mid-day bus cancellations can pose a particular set of challenges as we work to ensure that communication allows for safe, efficient pick up of all students.  On these days, communication will be send out first from the PVSD Transportation Department outlining the details of the cancellation. 

Please see the following steps:

1. If you need to contact your child at the school to make arrangements, we ask that you speak directly to your child's homeroom teacher and cc the school at [email protected] - Our experience has been that when large numbers of parents call the main school number at the same time, the phone system quickly becomes overwhelmed, making any communication difficult. Homeroom teachers will manage communication for those children under their care, so (in these circumstances) please make your child's teacher the first point of contact.

2.    We also ask that, for these busy times, parents report to the office via the main east entrance to arrange for pick up.  Once notified, office staff will assist with connecting you with your child/children. 

These two actions will assist us in managing the quantity, and ensure safe transition for the many bus students who attend our school. 

Transportation Policies

Prairie Valley School Division is committed to delivering safe and reliable transportation services to students. In doing so, we are guided by school division policies and procedures.

If you have concerns or questions regarding your child's transportation, please complete the form posted below. Concern forms are reviewed regularly and you will hear back from us within a week. If your concern is an emergency please contact us at the phone numbers listed above.

Transportation Concern Form

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Bus Drivers for  2023-2024

Last Name First Name Route Bus#
Caron Carissa 1 87
Ackerman Debbie 3 138
Chykrigin Anna 4 4
Sandvold Nolan 7 271
Harle Calvin 8 3
Johns  Terry 9 117
Johnston Don 10 33
Renaud Keith 11 270
Fulton Peggy 12 17
Landry Catherine 13 288
Weal Elvis 14 48
Findlay Blair 15 34
Nordstrom Marlise 16 63
Discombe Phillipa 17 143
Frazer Andrew 18 283
Doan Bill 19 135
Gonsch Elaine 20 145
Reimer Christal 21 118
Hubenig Randy 22 58
Hind Angela 23 84
Neugebauer Brenda 24 42