Inclement Weather Reminders Updated November 2020
Cancelling School Buses and Closing Schools Due to Bad Weather Reminders for Bus Riders During the winter months, inclement weather may cause the • When bus transportation is cancelled, it is disruption of bus transportation and regular school operations. cancelled for the entire day. Parents who Parents/guardians are reminded to review the inclement weather bring their children to school when buses are information below for the 2020-2021 school year. cancelled, must make arrangements to pick In case of inclement weather, the decision to close schools and/or them up at dismissal time. cancel buses is communicated beginning at 6:30 a.m. in the • Review the Transportation Zone map to following ways: ensure you know which zone you live in. Methods of Communication: Bus cancellation announcements refer to • Twitter @HaltonDSB those zones. • Facebook @HaltonDistrictSchoolBoard • Pay careful attention to the bus cancellation • Instagram @hdsbschools • HDSB Mobile App (available for download from the App Store message if your child travels from one zone and Google Play) to another for a specialized program. If your • Halton District School Board website (www.hdsb.ca) child travels into or through a zone where the • Halton Student Transportation Services (www.haltonbus.ca) transportation is cancelled, then there will be • Telephone recording at 905-335-3665 and Toll Free NO transportation provided for your child 1-877-618-3456 that day. • Television: CHCH, CITY TV, CP24 • AM Radio: CFRB 1010 AM, CJOY 1460 AM, CHML 900 AM, • Dress warmly on cold weather days as school CKOC 1150 AM, CHWO 740 AM, AM680 NEWS, CHAM 820 AM. buses may be delayed and your child may be • FM Radio: CHFI 98.1 FM, WAVE 94.7 FM, Y108/107.9 FM, waiting for the bus longer than usual. CING 95.3 FM, KLITE 102.9 FM, CBC 99.1 FM, CIMJ 106.1 FM. • Create a Parent Portal account on the Halton Email Notifications on Inclement Weather Days Student Transportation Services (HSTS) website • The SchoolMessenger system will email the parents of to receive updates on bus delays or weather approximately 60,000 students (between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m.). related cancellations (www.haltonbus.ca). Delays in email delivery are caused by limitations of parents’ Internet Service Provider (ISP) receiving our messages, spam protection, as well as other GTA school boards sending messages that morning. For this reason, the SchoolMessenger system is supplementary to social media, TV, radio, website and HDSB Mobile App.
Important Information for All Families • When schools are closed due to inclement weather, • When the temperature (with or without) wind chill this includes both in-person and virtual schools. reaches -20 degrees Celsius, students will enter the • When buses are cancelled but schools are open, school immediately upon arrival in the morning and parents/guardians who keep their children at home, remain indoors during nutrition breaks. MUST report this absence before the school day • It is a parent/guardian's decision whether or not they starts at: Toll free 1-877-409-6310, online at send their child to school on inclement weather days. go.schoolmessenger.ca, or the HDSB Mobile App. Inclement Weather Transportation Zones
HWY 7
N Acton
W Georgetown E
S Winston Churchill Blvd
Zone 3
Winston Churchill Blvd 401 Steeles Ave Steeles Ave
Conservation Rd Milton 407
Zone 2 Milburough Line Milburough
407 Dundas St
Dundas St Oakville Zone 1 Burlington QEW Blvd Churchill Winston 403 Lakeshore Rd
L akeshore Rd QEW