Inclement Weather and Bus and School Impacts

When hazardous winter weather hits, there can be school and bus cancelations.  
 

What you need to know:

• The decision to cancel school or student transportation services for the day is made by 6:30 a.m.

• There are two cancellation options:
  • Closure of all Grand Erie schools
  • Closure by zone. If the cancellation is for a specific zone, the notifications will identify which zone(s).

• Student Transportation Services Brant Haldimand Norfolk will communicate closures on Twitter (@STSBHN) and share information via its phone line (519-751-7532). 

• If there is a cancellation, it will be posted on the board’s website, and Twitter account (@GEDSB). Grand Erie will also share the information with local media.
   

What zone am I in?

For transportation purposes, Grand Erie is organized into four zones: Norfolk County (Zone 1), Haldimand County (Zone 2), Brant County (Zone 3) and City of Brantford (Zone 4). Grand Erie students from Six Nations of the Grand River and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation are included in Zone 2.

Zone 2 - Haldimand County
Elementary Schools	Secondary Schools
Caledonia Centennial Public School Hagersville Elementary School J. L. Mitchener Public School Jarvis Public School Mapleview Elementary School Oneida Central Public School Rainham Central School River Heights School Seneca Central Public School Thompson Creek Elementary School Walpole North Elementary School	Cayuga Secondary School Dunnville Secondary School Hagersville Secondary School McKinnon Park Secondary School

 

Zone 3 - County of Brant
Elementary Schools	Secondary Schools
Burford District Elementary School Cobblestone Elementary School Glen Morris Central Public School Mt. Pleasant School North Ward School Oakland-Scotland Public School Onondaga-Brant Public School Paris Central Public School St. George-German Public School	Paris District High School

 

Zone 4 - City of Brantford
Elementary Schools	Secondary Schools
Agnes G. Hodge Public School Banbury Heights School Bellview Public School Branlyn Community School Brier Park Public School Cedarland Public School Centennial-Grand Woodlands School Central Public School Echo Place School École Confédération École Dufferin Edith Monture Elementary School Graham Bell-Victoria Public School Grandview Public School Greenbrier Public School James Hillier Public School King George School Lansdowne-Costain Public School Major Ballachey Public School Prince Charles Public School Princess Elizabeth Public School Russell Reid Public School Walter Gretzky Elementary Woodman-Cainsville School	Brantford Collegiate Institute & Vocational School GELA – City Centre GELA – Rawdon Street GELA – Tollgate Campus North Park Collegiate & Vocational School Pauline Johnson Collegiate & Vocational School Tollgate Technological Skills Centre

 

Grand Erie’s Inclement Weather Policy also allows for the option to cancel transportation services when there is extreme cold weather. In this case, student transportation services would be cancelled, but all Grand Erie schools would remain open to students and staff. Extreme cold weather is defined as -30 degrees Celsius (without wind-chill) at 5 a.m. or a high risk of frostbite (10 minutes or less) as of 5:45 a.m.