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Introducing our New & Improved Parent Portal and Eligibility Search Tools

Student Transportation Services of Thunder Bay is proud to announce an all new, much more user-friendly experience for our Parent Portal and Eligibility Search Tools on our ststb.ca website!

Create a secure account in the Parent Portal, then add all your students to your account to access their transportation details under a single log-in. After you’ve added a student to your profile with their OEN and date of birth to your account, you will no longer have to enter those details again, and if you have more than one student you will no longer have to log in individually for each child each time to look at their transportation details. They will now all be listed in one place under your account. Students can be linked to multiple user accounts, meaning parents, guardians, students can all create their own accounts accessing the same student busing details.

More information on the new Parent Portal can be found here.

Our Eligibility Search feature has been separated into two useful tools. ‘Which School do I Attend?’ searches for the school zoned for the address, school board, grade, and program entered and displays contact details and a zone map for that school. ‘Can I Ride a Bus?’ searches for the school bus transportation eligibility for the address, school board, grade, and program entered and returns the results for the school your zoned for, including a map showing your address in relation to the school. If you are within the walk zone, the map will display the shortest walk path to the school.

This new user experience is a culmination of the efforts of the entire STSTB team working alongside our new routing software provider, BusPlanner, a Canadian owned and operated software company providing school bus routing software solutions across North America over the past 40 years. We hope you’ll enjoy your experience when interacting with these improvements and we welcome your feedback through the Contact link at the bottom the featured pages or email us at info@ststb.ca

On The Bus 2022-2023 Winter Edition

Our On The Bus newsletter winter edition for 2022-2023 is now available. Click on the image below to view information on student transportation during the winter months and about inclement weather cancellations.

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October 19, 2022 is School Bus Driver Appreciation Day!

To our local School Bus Drivers and Staff:

On behalf of the Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales, Lakehead District School Board, Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board and Student Transportation Services of Thunder Bay, I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all our dedicated and caring school bus drivers for the important work you perform every day while safely transporting students to and from school.

Not many people realize that our school buses travel nearly 21,000 kilometers every school day to deliver over 10,000 students to our schools.   Our area enjoys a remarkable safety record thanks to the hard work and commitment of you as a professional school bus driver.

We know that your job can be both challenging and rewarding.  You often deal with adverse weather, traffic and road conditions while ensuring the students in your charge are safe and secure while travelling. Parents and school staff are also depending on you each day to deliver on time service.  It truly takes an exceptional person to drive a school bus.

We also want to thank the mechanics and office staff who play a critical role in making sure the service is road-ready.  The operation of 175 daily school bus routes takes the care and cooperation of many people.  Your work is appreciated.

As we mark School Bus Driver Appreciation Day on this October 19, 2022, please know that each and every one of you play a vital role in our school communities and we appreciate the important work that you do.

 

With sincere appreciation,

Craig Murphy                                                                           

Consortium Manager

Student Transportation Services of Thunder Bay

2022-2023 Busing Information for Returning Students Now Available

2022-2023 Busing Information is available through the Parent Portal

Requests for or changes to transportation for eligible students for the first day of school on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 must be received by our office no later than Tuesday, August 30, 2022.

Due to the extremely high volume of requests received between the end of August and mid-September every year, we will once again be operating on a modified schedule for processing eligible requests:

  • Requests received and approved by Tuesday, August 30, 2022 will be effective for Tuesday, September 6, 2022
  • Requests received and approved between Wednesday, August 31, 2022 and Thursday, September 8, 2022 will be effective for Tuesday, September 13, 2022
  • Requests received and approved between Friday, September 9, 2022 and Thursday, September 15, 2022 will be effective for Tuesday, September 20, 2022
  • We will return to our regular 3 school day turnaround for approved requests starting Friday, September 16, 2022

Requests for transportation for Lakehead Public Elementary schools, All Thunder Bay Catholic schools and Conseil Scolaire de District Catholique des Aurores Boréales Thunder Bay schools, while they are open before and at the end of the summer break, must be made by contacting the school office. During the summer break when schools are closed, requests can be submitted by calling Student Transportation Services of Thunder Bay directly. Lakehead Public Secondary School requests can be made by calling Student Transportation Services of Thunder Bay at any time.

Your Busing May Change Next Year

Click the image below to view the Summer 2022 Edition of our On The Bus newsletter for important reminders about school bus eligibility and walk to stop policies as well as information on this year's First Rider program for incoming JK students.

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Student Transportation Services of Thunder Bay is a student transportation consortium of these 3 school boards:

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Suite 2001, 715 Hewitson St. Thunder Bay, ON. P7B 6B5 • Phone: (807) 625-1660 • Fax: (807) 622-5818