Parent portal reopened on August 3rd

School Bus registration for the 2026-2027 school year reopened on Monday, August 3, 2026 in the Powerschool parent portal and will remain open through Friday, August 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM. Registrations and payments received after August 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM may not be processed until up to two weeks after the start of the school year due to the potential need to rearrange routes due to late registrations. This means that current students not registered and paid by August 14 may not have transportation until September 16.

Please note that a $50 late fee will automatically be applied to all late registrations, including those who registered but did not pay prior to the June 30th deadline. 

For new families who just moved to town, welcome!  You will be able to register for your children's bus service in the parent portal with no late fee. Families registering their children for kindergarten will also be able to register with no late fee. Please do so as soon as possible to ensure transportation for the first day of school.

Please email Transportation@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us if you have any questions or need any help.

Sincerely,
Your SPS Transportation Team

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 23rd, 2026

All families with new Kindergarten students can start bus registration on April 23rd, 2026.  

April 2nd, 2026

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We are pleased to announce the official opening of the 2026-2027 bus registration process. We encourage families who plan to use school bus transportation next school year to register before June 30th at 4:30 pm to avoid late fees and allow the transportation department ample time to prepare bus routes.

Please see the following information regarding school bus registration.

Timeline for Bus Registration

The bus registration process will be open from now until June 30, 2026. It will be closed during the month of July and will reopen for late registrations and newly enrolled students for the first two weeks of August (August 1st- August 15th). Please note, families who are enrolled this school year and who do not register for the bus until after the deadline, which is June 30th at 4:30pm, will be required to pay the late fee. Any registration received after August 15th may not be processed in time to have a student assigned to a bus for the start of the school year.

Bus Transportation Fee

The bus fee for the 2026-2027 school year will be $300/student with a $900 family cap. All registrations and payments made after June 30th at 4:30 pm will be $350/student with a $1050 family cap, which includes a $50 late fee per registration (not applicable to families who have recently moved to the Town of Shrewsbury or have children entering kindergarten).

Three important messages to highlight:

Bus registration for Shrewsbury Public Schools - Bus registration and payment must be done via the PowerSchool Parent Portal for students attending Shrewsbury Public Schools.

Bus registration for private or vocational schools - Bus registrations for private and vocational schools including St. John’s (including Grades 7-8), Assabet Valley RTHS, Leicester High School, St. Mary’s School, Al-Hamra Academy, and Montessori School are completed through a district Google Form. Please do NOT register for the bus via the parent portal. Please register using the private and vocational school link.

For all registrations - there is no “processing charge/convenience fee” for online payment of the bus fee and both credit cards and debit cards are accepted. Checks and money orders made payable to “Town of Shrewsbury” are also accepted and can be sent or dropped off at the Central Office at 100 Maple Avenue.
 

If your child has a negative food service account balance or owes a fee for some other additional service, your bus registration application will be blocked until all overdue payments are made. You can access account balances in your PowerSchool Parent Portal.
 

All of the regulations and rules pertaining to bus ridership eligibility and the requirement to pay a fee are posted on our Bus Privilege webpage. Please read them carefully and access the FAQ if you have questions.

If you have any questions, please email: transportation@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us

 

School Bus Transportation

The transportation program of the Shrewsbury Public Schools is one of many services that the district provides to support the education of its students from kindergarten through grade 12. The three-tiered system (high school, middle school, elementary) transports over 4,500 students each day using 48 buses/vans. The District has a contract with AA Transportation through the school year 2027-2028 to provide this service.

Contact information for all Shrewsbury Public Schools, all private schools in Shrewsbury, Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School, and Leicester High School:

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