Transportation Services

WE STOP - YOU STOP!

Okanagan Public Schools Transportation department currently operates 76 school bus routes providing school bus transportation service to students in Lake Country, Kelowna, West Kelowna and Peachland.

Changing student demographics requires the Transportation Department conduct a review of the bus routes each year and apply adjustments where required. School bus routes are designed to service eligible students attending their English catchment school whose application was received on or before the deadline date of May 31.

Although our Transportation office accepts applications throughout the school year, priority for the next school year is given to the applications submitted before the deadline of May 31.

SCHOOL BUS REGISTRATION TIMELINE 2025-2026 Year

Applications received for eligible students between February 3 and May 31, 2025 will be processed in the order the application was received, and will take until to end of June to complete.
Applications for courtesy riders received before June 1 will be processed in June and July.
Most bus routes are at full capacity once all applications received before June 1 are processed.
Applications received after May 31 will not be processed until August or later and students will be placed on a waitlist. Parents will be notified when the application has been processed and advised if seat space is available.
School bus route and bus stop information will be distributed to parents during the last week of August.
Transportation Fees will be applied to the parents School Cash Online account in September.
Payment in full or monthly payments must be set up within 30 days of your child being assigned to the school bus route.

Passenger Requirements:

Parents are required to submit the online transportation application. A confirmation email will be sent to the parent advising if their child has been assigned to a route.
If seat space is not available on the bus route, parents will be advised that the application was placed on a waitlist.
A student must be registered on a route to ride the school bus.
Students that are registered on a bus route will be issued a bus pass by the driver.
The bus pass must be scanned by the student, when boarding or exiting the school bus.
Only registered riders may be transported on the school bus, no guest passengers are permitted to ride.
Other than a student's water bottle, food or beverages may not be consumed while riding on the school bus and lunch/snacks must remain in the students backpack or lunch kit.

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Our Mission

To provide safe, reliable, economical and accessible student transportation in a climate conducive to learning and mutual respect in the SD No.23 Central Okanagan community.

Our Vision

To be a leader of new and emerging technologies in the enhancement of student safety and a model of excellence for our profession.

Transportation Services