Updating Contact Information With Your Child's School

All student profile information, including addresses and contact details, is maintained by your child's school.  As such, families must contact their child's school directly with requests for new registrations, school change, address change, sitter change, email address updates, etc. Each school day, updated student profile information is securely sent to the RCJTC in order to assign busing to eligible pupils.

In addition, RCJTC Parent Portal accounts are connected to the email addresses that their family has shared with the school so keeping these up-to-date will ensure that your access to the Parent Portal is successful. 

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Bell Times

Changes for the 2026/2027 School Year

There will be minor changes to the staggered bell times across Renfrew County and District which will come into effect for the 2026/2027 school year in an effort to increase efficiency and support consistency across the region. Each school will be communicating the 2026/2027 Bell Times changes over the coming weeks with their families and school communities.

In collaboration with partner school boards, the Renfrew County Joint Transportation Consortium (RCJTC) has adopted a staggered bell time system to allow school transportation vehicles to be used with maximum efficiency at more than one school.

Below are the current instructional bell times for local schools, broken down by Zone / Family of Schools.

Zone 1 (Deep River Area Schools)
School Start Time End Time
Mackenzie Community School – Secondary 8:20 am 2:20 pm
Mackenzie Community School – Elementary 9:20 am 3:40 pm
St. Mary’s Catholic School 9:30 am 3:40 pm
St. Anthony’s Catholic School 9:10 am 3:30 pm
Zone 2 (Petawawa Area Schools)
School Start Time End Time
Valour JK-12 School (9-12) 8:20 am 2:30 pm
Herman Street Public School 9:00 am 3:20 pm
Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School 9:00 am 3:10 pm
Pineview Public School 9:00 am 3:20 pm
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School 8:10 am 2:40 pm
Valour JK-12 School (JK-8) 9:20 am 3:40 pm
Zone 3 (Pembroke Area Schools)
School Start Time End Time
Bishop Smith Catholic High School (9-12) 8:20 am 2:30 pm
Bishop Smith Catholic School (7-8) 8:20 am 2:30 pm
Fellowes High School 8:20 am 2:30 pm
Beachburg Public School 9:30 am 3:45 pm
Cathedral Catholic School 9:30 am 3:50 pm
Champlain Discovery Public School 9:30 am 3:50 pm
Highview Public School 9:20 am 3:40 pm
Holy Name Catholic School 9:30 am 3:45 pm
Our Lady of Grace Catholic School 9:25 am 3:40 pm
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School 9:35 am 3:50 pm
Rockwood Public School 9:25 am 3:45 pm
Zone 4 (Madawaska Area Schools)
School Start Time End Time
Madawaska Valley District School (9-12) 8:20 am 2:20 pm
George Vanier Catholic School 9:30 am 3:45 pm
Killaloe Public School 9:25 am 3:45 pm
Madawaska Valley District School (JK-8) 8:10 am 2:25 pm
Palmer Rapids Public School 9:30 am 3:40 pm
St. Andrew’s Catholic School 9:30 am 3:50 pm
St. John Bosco Catholic School 8:15 am 2:30 pm
Whitney Public School 8:45 am 3:10 pm
Zone 5 (Opeongo Area Schools)
School Start Time End Time
Opeongo High School 8:10 am 2:20 pm
Cobden Public School 9:25 am 3:45 pm
Eganville Public School 9:25 am 3:45 pm
St. James Catholic School 9:25 am 3:45 pm
St. Michael’s Catholic School 8:10 am 2:25 pm
Zone 6 (Renfrew Area Schools)
School Start Time End Time
Renfrew Collegiate Institute (9-12) 8:10 am 2:25 pm
Renfrew Collegiate Intermediate (7-8) 8:10 am 2:30 pm
St. Joseph’s Catholic High School (9-12) 8:10 am 2:25 pm
St. Joseph’s Catholic School – Renfrew (8) 8:10 am 2:30 pm
Admaston Public School 9:20 am 3:40 pm
Central Public School 9:15 am 3:35 pm
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School 9:15 am 3:30 pm
Queen Elizabeth Public School 9:20 am 3:40 pm
St. Joseph’s Catholic School (Calabogie) 9:20 am 3:35 pm
St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School 8:10 am 2:25 pm
Zone 7 (Arnprior Area Schools)
School Start Time End Time
Arnprior District High School 8:20 am 2:25 pm
A.J. Charbonneau Public School 9:15 am 3:40 pm
McNab Public School 9:15 am 3:35 pm
St. John XXIII Catholic School 9:20 am 3:35 pm
St. Joseph’s Catholic School (Arnprior) 8:15 am 2:30 pm
Walter Zadow Public School 8:20 am 2:35 pm

Historic Bell Times

RCJTC Parent Portal

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Renfrew County Joint Transportation Consortium
999 Cecelia Street
Pembroke, ON K8B 1A4 

Phone: 613-732-8419
Toll Free: 1-888-732-8419
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