Rocky View Schools assumes cost of busing Prince of Peace Lutheran School Students

Rocky View Schools’ (RVS) Board of Trustees have voted to assume the cost and administration of bus service for Prince of Peace Lutheran School located East of Chestermere.
The decision was made at the regular RVS meeting March. 30 and will see RVS take over the busing of students effective May 1, 2017.
“Moving forward, this makes sense,” said RVS Ward Two Trustee Bev LaPeare.
“It’s a Rocky View School so we’ll have Rocky View transportation,” she said.
Prior to the board’s decision, the cost of providing busing for Prince of Peace Lutheran school students was covered by the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church of Calgary. The church can no longer afford to continue funding the bus service.
“Because Prince of Peace School is one of our schools we then decided to take over the busing responsibilities for those students,” said LaPeare.
Prince of Peace Lutheran school has been a part of RVS since 2006 and takes students from kindergarten to grade nine.
According to the school’s website it has a capacity of 472 students and currently has about 460 students enrolled who come from Chestermere, Langdon, Conrich and northeast Calgary.
RVS will charge a fee for busing to recover the costs of the program with the fees to be set by the board.
Currently, families are charged an annual fee of $850 for the oldest child and $750 for each additional child.
LaPeare said that parents and students attending Prince of Peace school won’t notice any change when RVS takes over busing.
The busing boundaries and attendance area for the school will stay the same.
“Honestly there’s not going to be any change or upset for the kids,” she said.