Every effort is made to provide students with safe and efficient transportation at a reasonable cost. Edmonton Catholic schools does not own and operate its own school buses. Rather than operating its own fleet, Edmonton Catholic Schools contracts various carriers to provide service to over 6000 every day. The division transportation office coordinates bussing services for all students in the division. The transportation staff work with the schools, parents, city, and private contractors to ensure that student needs are met.
Many factors come into play when determining effective and economic transportation for students.
The division works very diligently towards ensuring that no given student is required to spend excessive amount of time in transit. Elementary students are given high priority to minimize the commuting distance between their home and their school. Students enrolled in special programs are also taken into consideration when the division determines bus routes. But above anything else student safety is always the top priority of the transportation office. Edmonton Catholic Schools provides students with subsidized transportation.