​​​​​​​​Getting Students to School

You can register your child for yellow school bus transportation online using your MyCBE or by completing a transportation registration form. Register every school year.

Please visit the CBE website to find more information on fees and service levels for the 2025-26 school year.​​

To be included in the yellow school bus route planning for September, parents must register by the June 20, 2025​ deadline. The more registrations we receive by the deadline, the more efficient route planning will be for September. Transportation continues to accept registrations after the deadline, and students are added to the closest existing stop with space, within the distance guideline. Processing times could be up to 6 weeks at the beginning of the school year due to volume.

Yellow school bus registrations can be cancelled by Sept. 30 with no financial penalty. Cancellation forms must be completed before a pro-rated refund can be considered. No refunds will be processed for service cancelled after April​ 30 or for individual trip delays.

Bus Status

Parents/guardians can view the bus status online:

We are aware of the communication challenges the providers are having keeping route information up-to-date for families. At this time, all service provider staff are dedicated to driving buses and they are not always able to accommodate this service.​

​Visit CBE Transportation​ for forms and more information.

Conditional R​iders

Students who are not attending the designated school for their program, or who are not within the transportation service area, may be able to access existing service if there is a suitable stop on the existing bus route. Fees will not be waived for conditional riders.

Criteria for conditional riders:

  • Must access an existing stop
  • Must be room on the bus
  • Must pay the transportation fee
  • No additional bus routes will be implemented to accommodate conditional riders
  • Must wait for written approval from Transportation Services before starting to ride the bus

Conditional riders are not permitted to ride the bus until it is determined there is space on the bus and riders have been approved by Transportation Services.

Alternate Addresses

We've heard from families that they would like more flexibility to access bus stops and routes to support childcare arrangements and changing family schedules. This year, CBE Transportation will allow families to add a second address to their transportation registration to have access to two bus stops and/or routes.

Note | All addresses must be within the attendance area for the school and outside the walk zone. Maps can be found on the school profile on the CBE website. The information collected from parents informs bus route planning, but does not guarantee a stop at the exact location requested.

To participate in the program, you must:

  • Pre-register for transportation in MyCBE by the June 20, 2025 deadline.
  • Fill in the Request for Alternate Address form in MyCBE and provide one additional address and schedule for your child. Note: the form will only appear after you register.

CBE Transportation will review each request to determine if the request can be accommodated. Families will be notified of the decision within six weeks of application. If it is approved, the second address will be used as we are creating new bus routes.

Please visit the CBE website to find more information on fees and service levels for the 2025-26 school year.​​

​Visit CBE Transportation for forms and more information.​​​​​​​​​​​​

Busing to Marion Carson

Marion Carson serves a number of students arriving by bus from Varsity Village, Varsity Acres and Varsity Estates for the Community English program. We also have buses coming from many neighborhoods in Calgary for the Chinese Mandarin Bilingual program. Some of these students live outside the walk zone and can access bus transportation. Please look at our school website to see if your child qualifies for bussing and to gain access to bus information. There is no midday bus service provided for kindergarten students.

Busing Attendance

Attendance is taken on the bus at the end of the day by the bus driver. If your child normally rides the bus but is not riding it home, please inform the school (a note to the teacher is preferred or a telephone message to the office for urgent nature only).

Remember you MUST sign out your student and inform the office should your child not be taking the bus.

Busing Code of Conduct/Safety Rules

Please see our Behaviour page.