The Edmonton Catholic School District (ECSD) is the Catholic school board in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
==Size and transportation==
In size the Edmonton Catholic School District is medium with 35,546 students, 1,910 Certificated Staff, and 1,238 Classified Staff. ECSD has 88 schools in total with one new school (Cardinal Collins High School Academic Centre -opening September 2014) currently under construction. The monthly bus pass fees for the 2013-2014 school year are as follows: Elementary $30.00, Junior High and Senior High $47.00. If your family has 3 or more children, you can use the Family Plan for more reduced prices, Elementary $26.00/month, Junior and Senior $43.00/month. This also applies to charter (yellow) bus service, special-needs charter (yellow) bus curb service, and the noon hour charter (yellow) bus curb service.
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