Those wanting transportation to a non-public/community school:
You must notify the school district of your request for transportation to a non-public or community school each year by May 31st for the following school year by completing the form below. You must submit a unique request for each student.
2025-2026 Request for Transportation from SWL Board of Education
Your failure to notify us by the above date, each year, does not obligate us to transport your student.
Once received, the Board of Education will review the request and may then at its discretion choose to transport or declare transportation to the non-public school impractical for said student based on the following parameters:
- the time and distance required to provide such transportation;
- the number of pupils to be transported;
- the cost of providing transportation in terms of equipment, maintenance, personnel, and administration;
- whether similar or equivalent service is provided to other pupils eligible for transportation;
- whether and to what extent the additional service unavoidably disrupts current transportation schedules; and/or
- whether other reimbursable types of transportation are available.
If the Board of Education declares transporting your student impractical, it may offer you payment in lieu of transporting. You have the right to either accept or reject that offer, and may have additional legal rights.
On days when Southwest Licking Schools are not in session:
In the morning, we will only offer shuttle service from Watkins High/Middle Schools to all out of district schools including C-TEC. Please arrive at least 5 minutes prior to your designated time. This will allow students to load and be ready to go.
Transportation for the afternoon will differ for each student based upon their school of attendance.
When Southwest Licking Schools are on a 2 hour delay in the morning, all of our pick up times will be delayed approximately 2 hours, which means we will get to all out of district schools approximately 2 hours behind our normal drop-off time.
If Southwest Licking Schools are closed due to weather, we will not provide transportation for any students.
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It will be helpful for you to become familiar with school bus transportation procedures. Students who are eligible to ride a bus must have the same pick-up point each school day and the same drop-off point each school day. However, the morning pick-up location may be different from the afternoon drop-off location. If a temporary change (one day) is needed, the parent is responsible for meeting the child at school or at the normal bus stop. The Transportation Office telephone number is 740-927-5901 and office hours are Monday through Friday, 6:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Summer hours are 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Thank you for helping us as we make the safe transportation of students our highest priority.