School bus cancellations for Trillium Lakelands DSB and Near North District School Board.
Due to forecasted heavy snowfall accumulation with poor visibility and road conditions throughout the day, all school vehicles to schools in Zone 1,2 and 3 for Trillium Lakelands District School Board have been cancelled for Thursday, January 22, 2026.
Zone 1 & 2 school vehicles to St. Dominic Catholic Secondary School, Saint Mary’s Catholic Elementary School and Monsignor Michael O’Leary have been cancelled.
Zone 1 Schools:
· Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School + Adult and Alternate Education Centre
· Bracebridge Public School
· Gravenhurst High School + Adult and Alternate Education Centre
· Glen Orchard Public School
· Gravenhurst Public School
· Honey Harbour Public School
· K.P. Manson Public School
· Macaulay Public School
· Monck Public School
· Muskoka Beechgrove Public School
· Muskoka Falls Public School
· Watt Public School
· Monsignor Michael O’Leary Catholic Elementary School
· St. Dominic Catholic Secondary School
Zone 2 Schools:
· Huntsville High School + Adult and Alternate Education Centre
· Huntsville Public School
· Irwin Memorial Public School
· Pine Glen Public School
· Riverside Public School
· Spruce Glen Public School
· V.K. Greer Memorial Public School
· Saint Mary’s Huntsville Catholic Elementary School
· St. Dominic Catholic Secondary School
NPSSTS has cancelled buses in the weather zone of West Parry Sound and East Parry Sound South ( South of and excluding Hwy 522 ).
At this time, all schools remain open for students who can get there safely. Families are reminded that cancelled bus routes will not run in the afternoon; any students brought to school by other means must be picked up at the end of the school day.
Full details, along with any individual route cancellations, can always be found at https://npssts.ca
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Without effective communications of bus cancellations and school closures, a student locked out or waiting for a bus that is not coming, can end up with serious frostbite. Really cold weather is dangerous to everyone who may get delayed or stuck in a snowbank, especially with all our rural roads. When I worked in Alberta for the government there was a temperature cut off for all our travel by car ( long distances in rural North) and a survival workshop we all needed to take.
Re the safety of teachers driving to and from:
I’m a retired primary teacher. I worked for SMCDSB (Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board) until December, 2017. If we deemed it unsafe to drive to school we didn’t have to. We were to do school work from home. As conditions improved, we were to drive to our school or to the nearest school. Our Board was overall, supportive of this. I don’t know what the ‘rule’ is now.
What about the safety of the teachers driving to and from?