Please read ALL of the information below if your child rides the bus to school every day. It is well worth the five minutes it takes to reinforce positive, appropriate bus behaviour to ensure the safety and well being of your child as well as others who ride the bus. 

STSWR Info (Student Transportation Services of Waterloo Region)

Parents can login and view their child’s transportation details by going to www.stswr.ca and following
these easy steps:
• Click on “Student Login”
• Enter your child’s Ontario Education Number (OEN)
The OEN can be found on your child’s report card
Numbers only, no space, no dash
• Enter your child’s birth date
dd/mm/yyyy
• Enter your child’s street number
house number only
• Select the school your child is attending from the drop down menu

JK students do not have an OEN number yet, so they will receive a direct mail out from STSWR with busing information for September.

SK students will receive a postcard with login instructions to retrieve their information.

Please note that any address changes must be done at your child’s school. If you are moving in
the summer or changing caregiver arrangements for the fall, please communicate the
change of address to your child’s school.

Visit our website at www.stswr.ca to find bus delays and cancellations, subscribe to receive e-mail or
text notifications for late buses and closures.

 

Bus Expectations

General Riding –  on a school bus, whether it’s to and from school, or for a school-related activity, is a privilege and not a right. At all times, the school bus is an extension of the school and all Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) policies and expectations and the expectations of the pupil’s school (Wellesley PS)

The Code of Behaviour applies to each student while on board a school bus. Likewise, all disciplinary alternatives, including the suspension of bus riding privileges, may apply to misbehaviour. 

Please take a moment to review the WRDSB Rules of Conduct on the School Bus with your child. They are as follows: 

-Students must line up and board the bus promptly, without crowding or pushing. 

– All students must conduct themselves so as not to endanger the safety or comfort of self or others. 

– Students are to obey the directions of the bus driver at all times while in their charge. The bus driver is in charge of the bus and all passengers.

 – Students are to sit where directed by the driver and to remain seated until the end of the trip. 

– Animals are not allowed on the bus unless in a secure container and the driver is advised by the school in advance of the trip, or where required under Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act

– Students will be held responsible for any damage to the bus as a result of vandalism or inappropriate behaviour. 

– Only students registered to be on the bus, may be permitted on the bus. 

–  All students are responsible to the Principal for their conduct on the school bus.

 Duties of Bus Driver Regarding Student Misbehaviour 

-The driver will warn any student who misbehaves on a school bus. 

-If a student’s misbehavior is repeated or endangers the safety and well-being of other students or the driver, the bus driver will complete a copy of a bus incident report and submit it to the the Principal, or designate, and will forward a copy of the report to the Student Transportation Services of Waterloo Region (STSWR). 

Duties of Principals/Vice-Principals Regarding Student Misbehaviour on School Buses 

-Upon receipt of a report about misbehaviour on a school bus, the Principal, or designate, will investigate the incident by discussing it with the bus driver, the student who committed the act and any pertinent witnesses, and will, if necessary, involve STSWR. 

– The Principal, or designate, will consider consequences for the misbehaviour that are consistent with the school’s Code of Behaviour and Progressive Discipline. The Principal may suspend the riding privileges of a student for a period of time ranging from one to twenty days that is appropriate to the age of the student and the nature of the incident caused by the student. Parents/guardians of the student will be informed of the suspension of riding privileges by telephone before the next scheduled pick-up and, subsequently, by letter. A suspension of riding privileges for more than twenty days must be approved by the Superintendent, Student Achievement & Well-Being. 

– If an incident is considered serious in nature but the Principal does not suspend the riding privileges of the student, the Principal, or designate, will inform parents/guardians about the incident, the seriousness of the school’s concern, and the possibility of loss of riding privileges for a specified period of time.

 – Principals are expected to include rules and expectations regarding riding school buses in Parent and Student Handbooks and in the schools’ Codes of Behaviour.