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Important reminders and updates for those families using yellow school bus transportation in the new school year.
重要提醒和更新事项，适用于新学年使用黄色校车交通的家庭。
一些关于新学年使用黄色校车交通的重要提醒和更新。
感谢在6月11日截止日期之前预先注册的家庭。超过20,000名学生地址被提交，用于为新学年创建超过1,000条新路线。预先注册仍在“My CBE Account”上接受，但新地址将在10月中旬之前不被考虑，因为这时候可能会进行路线更改。
请确保您的孩子保管好他们的ZPass，因为这是一个多年通行证，将在秋天再次使用。新加入CBE的学生将在学期开始的前六周内收到新的ZPass。如果您丢失了ZPass，请与学校联系以申请更换。
今年，使用黄色校车参加非主流项目的学生将使用集中停靠点模式。这意味着前往这些停靠点的距离可能不适合步行，因为停靠点可能位于相邻社区或仅限于城市的某个特定部分。尽管非语言类非主流项目的学生多年来一直成功使用这些停靠点，但对于参加语言类非主流项目的学生来说，这将是全新的。今年还将合并低乘客量的路线（少于30名乘客）与现有路线，这些学生将前往更远的集中停靠点。
10月份，将通过电子邮件向所有预先注册的家长/监护人发送最终的交通费用和支付选项确认邮件。您可以在2017年10月31日之前取消交通预先注册而不会受到任何费用的惩罚，使用您的“My CBE Account”或回复确认邮件。
虽然夏天对于交通团队来说是一个繁忙的时期，但工作在全年都在进行，以进行持续的改进。在2016年6月，我们向家长们介绍了我们运输学生的长期计划，以确保我们提供安全、高效和具有成本效益的交通服务，而且是经济可持续的。在过去的一年中，我们已经做了大量工作来改善CBE的交通服务。
| 2016年宣布的行动 | 行动进展 |
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| 制定清晰和客观的标准来区分除了项目选择以外的交通服务水平 | 《第1法案——减少学费法案》将根据项目和家庭与学校的距离规定享受免费交通的资格。 |
| 增加使用Calgary Transit的学生人数，或在可行的情况下使用集中停靠点模式 | 在2017-18学年，将有1,300名学生来自五所额外的中学和初中将转为使用Calgary Transit，还有200名学生来自其他具备交通服务的社区。在2016-17学年，所有非语言类非主流项目都转为了集中停靠点模式。 在2017-18学年，语言类项目将被加入使用集中停靠点模式。 |
| 探索与Calgary Transit更全面的合作关系 | 我们与Calgary Transit密切合作，合作的内容涉及多个不同方面对CBE学生产生影响：
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| 与家庭合作，减少低乘客量的路线（少于10名学生） | 在2017-18学年，乘客量少于30名学生的路线将与其他路线合并。学生可能需要前往较远的集中停靠点。 |
| 探索在学年的更早阶段向家长提供路线信息的方式 | 第1法案的引入影响了2017-18学年的预先注册开始时间。未来的计划是在八月中旬之前开始预先注册，以便在学校开始前的那周就能提供路线，但最晚也不会晚于学校开学的那周。 |
| 与咨询委员会（内部和外部成员）共同制定长期战略 | 两个独立的咨询组合并成立了交通咨询委员会。委员会由CBE员工、家长和利益相关者组成，在2016年春季共开会三次，就制定服务模型差异化标准进行研讨工作。我们将继续与该委员会合作处理紧迫问题。 |
作为我们最初的交通参与活动的一部分，我们雇用了学校巴士顾问公司进行CBE交通服务的技术审查。已经产生了第二份报告，分析了已经实施的改变和2017-18学年的决策。您可以在我们的网站上阅读完整的报告。
Some important reminders and updates for those families using yellow school bus transportation in the new school year.
The 2017-18 yellow school bus routes have been posted.
Thank you to the families that pre-registered by the June 11 deadline. More than 20,000 student addresses were submitted and were used to create more than 1,000 new routes for the new school year. Pre-registrations are still being accepted through My CBE Account but any new addresses will not be considered until mid-October when route changes may be made.
Please ensure your child has kept their ZPass as it is a multi-year pass that will be used again in the fall. Students new to the CBE will receive a new ZPass within the first six weeks of school. If you have lost your ZPass, please speak to your school about a replacement pass.
This year students using a yellow school bus to attend an alternative program will access a bus stop using a congregated stop model. This means that the travel distance to these stop locations may not be walkable because the stop may be located in an adjacent community or may be limited to one stop within a select part of the city. While students in non-language alternative programs have been accessing these stops successfully for a number of years, this will be brand new for students attending a language alternative program. Also new this year, low ridership routes with less than 30 riders will be combined with existing routes, and these students will travel farther to a congregated stop.
In October, a confirmation email will be sent to all parents/guardians who pre-registered with the final transportation fee and payment options. You can cancel your transportation pre-registration with no financial penalty using your My CBE Account or replying to the confirmation email before Oct. 31, 2017.
While summer is a busy time for the Transportation team building routes, work continues throughout the year to make ongoing improvements. In June 2016, we told parents about our long-term plans for transporting students that would help ensure we deliver safe, efficient and cost-effective transportation that is financially sustainable. Over the past year we have done significant work towards improving CBE transportation.
| Action Announced in 2016 | Action Status |
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| Develop clear and objective criteria to differentiate transportation service levels other than by program choice | Bill 1 – An Act to Reduce School Fees now regulates who qualifies for free transportation based on program and distance from home to the school. |
| Increase number of students using Calgary Transit or using a congregated stop model where feasible | For the 2017-18 school year, 1,300 students at five additional middle/junior high schools will move to Calgary Transit, as well as 200 students from other communities with accessible transit service. For 2016-17 all non-language alternative programs moved to a congregated stop model. For 2017-18, language programs will be added use the congregated stop model. |
| Explore a fuller partnership with Calgary Transit | We continue to work closely with Calgary Transit on a variety of different areas that impact CBE students:
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| Work with families to reduce low ridership routes (10 students or less) | For the 2017-18 school year, low ridership routes with fewer than 30 students will be combined with other routes. Students may have to travel to a farther congregated stop. |
| Explore ways to get route information to parents earlier in the school year | The introduction of Bill 1 impacted the start of pre-registration for the 2017-18 school year. In the future, plans are to begin pre-registration earlier to have routes available by mid-August, but no later than the week before school starts. |
| Continue working with an advisory committee (internal and external members) in developing a long-term strategy | Two separate advisory groups merged to create the Transportation Advisory Committee. The committee is made up of CBE staff, parents and stakeholders who met three times during the spring of 2016 to work on setting service model differentiation criteria. We will continue to work with this committee on emergent issues. |
As part of our initial transportation engagement School Bus Consultants, LCC was hired to do a technical review of CBE Transportation Services. A second report has been produced that analyzes the changes that have been implemented and decisions that were made for the 2017-18 school year. You can read the complete report on our website.
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