Please call (330-497-5615) or email the Dept. of Transportation (transportation@northcantonschools.org) at least 24 hours in advance of any schedule changes.

If you are moving, but staying within the district, please start the process with your building secretary. She will communicate the change and work with Transportation to issue you a new bus stop location and time.

We ask that parents not request special busing to accommodate overnight visits, after school activities, socializing or other matters of convenience.

Busing or family transportation is determined the same way as it has been in years past but with new building locations, it is a good time to review. Distance from the student’s residence to school property determines whether transportation is provided by NCCS or not; distance is determined by the “walk” feature using Google Maps if you aren’t sure. NCCS bus transportation is provided using the following criteria:

• Grade 5 and under with 1 mile or more from residence to school property
• Grades 6-12 with 1.5 miles or more from the residence to school property

Elementary students inside a school’s “radius” but separated from the Intermediate or Primary by Main Street or Applegrove Street WILL be offered NCCS busing.

Times and routes should be very close to what you experienced last year. Travel times are only expected to change 2-3 minutes, if at all. Those on the far North side of the district may see an additional 10 minutes for grades 3-5.

We do everything we can to never leave a family without the transportation they rely on. The hiring of additional drivers this summer as well as the added staggering of building times will eliminate the cancellation of Primary and Intermediate routes, and make it very unlikely for cancellations for NCMS and Hoover.

Routes are expected to be sent to families the week of August 21.

Parents are responsible for the safety of their child(ren) while they are at the bus stop and for meeting the bus on time.

For the safety of the children, parents of K-2 students are asked to be at the bus stop or at least visible to the bus driver when the bus arrives or drops off their child. Drivers will keep the child(ren) on the bus with them until they are able to contact a parent/guardian. If the driver finishes their route and the parents/guardians have not been reached, the child(ren) will be returned to the school.

Parents are asked to have their child(ren) at the bus stop five (5) minutes prior to the scheduled arrival of the bus.