Transportation

Your child's transportation information is available through the Home Access Center (HAC). It can be accessed beginning one week prior to the start of school. Once you have logged into HAC, you will see your child’s bus route by clicking on the Registration icon at the top of the page. Transportation information will be displayed in the middle of the screen.

If your family is new to Centerville Schools or has never set up a HAC account, you will need to set up an account after Aug. 1. Navigate to the Home Access Center, then scroll down toward the bottom of the page where you will see a link labeled "Click Here to Register for HAC." In order for this process to work, you must have a valid email address on record. You also will need to confirm the first/last name, city and zip code for the parent/guardian. These values must match what was submitted at the time of enrollment.

If you need any assistance with logging into your account, please email: hac@centerville.k12.oh.us

Grades PreK-1: All students must have a Transportation Form on file with their school, whether they are riding a school bus or using alternate transportation. Click here to download the Transportation Form.

Grades 2-8: All students will automatically be routed to and from their home address, unless your child did not ride the bus or had a Transportation Form on file from the previous school year. If your child is opting out of bus services or will be served by a childcare provider at an address other than your home during the 2022-23 school year, you must complete a NEW Transportation Form and return it to your child’s school. If your child had alternate transportation last school year, and will now be riding the bus to and/or from school, please contact the Transportation Department at 937-885-7776 to make sure your routing information is correct. Click here to download the Transportation Form.

Grades 9-12: A transportation survey for high school students is part of the Returning Student Information Form that you complete through the Home Access Center. If you need to change your student's transportation information during the school year, please contact the Transportation Department.

Please see the Bus Riding Policies tab on this page.

When we approach the stop, your child's driver is counting the number of children who might be at that stop. He or she will make sure the same number of children get on the bus to ensure no one has slipped, fallen or dropped something into what we call the "danger zone" where they cannot be seen.

This is especially important in the winter months. It's dark out and there may be snow or ice that the children could slip on.

No, you do not have to call us! We ask our drivers to stop at each address as this will keep them on schedule for the next stop.

If your child rides a Special Needs bus, please call the Transportation office only if you are running late to the bus stop. We will do our best to accommodate the late arrival.

We use a state-of-the-art routing software. Each driver carries on their bus two, and maybe three, different routes printed on paper. These are for our AM, midday and PM routes. They include turn for turn and stop for stop information for the driver.

Your child's regular driver soon commits this and your child's name and stop to memory.

When we use a sub, they simply refer to the route sheet and follow it. However, they are nowhere near as familiar with addresses, etc. as your regular driver and will probably run behind schedule.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, students are about 70 times more likely to get to school safely when taking a bus instead of traveling by car. That’s because school buses are the most regulated vehicles on the road; they’re designed to be safer than passenger vehicles in preventing crashes and injuries; and in every state, stop-arm laws protect children from other motorists.

No, please complete the Temporary Transportation Change Form. Fill it out completely and legibly, then send the form to your child's school. Please, no notes on any type of scrap paper.

The best thing to do is to complete the Temporary Transportation Change Form. Many children forget to present the note until they are leaving school. As you can imagine, with thousands of bus riders, this creates very confusing few moments, especially for younger children and their teachers.

Please call or fax your child's school with ANY change as this is vital for emergencies or bus routing!

Just as any other profession, we have drivers who get sick, or they have a sick child at home, a dental appointment, etc. With that in mind, we will use a sub to run your child's route. These are very professional people; however, they have no way of knowing everything your regular driver does. We will be there, and we will get your children picked up and dropped off safely, but we will probably run a little behind schedule.

If we have a scheduled two-hour delay or the superintendent determines the weather is bad enough for a delay, morning pick-up time for bus riders will be two hours later than the normal schedule.

Delayed start times for schools will be:

• Full Day Kindergarten (Special Needs Students) - 10:10 a.m.
• Morning Preschool & Kindergarten - 10:10-11:50 a.m.*
• Afternoon Preschool & Kindergarten - 12:55-2:35 p.m.**
• 1st Graders - 10:10 a.m.
• Centerville Elementary Schools (grades 2-5) - 10 a.m.
• Centerville Middle Schools (grades 6-8) - 10:50 a.m.
• Centerville High School - 9:50 a.m.
• School of Possibilities - 10:15 a.m. / 1:45 p.m.

* Dismissal time will be 11:50 for AM Preschool and Kindergarten.
** Start of PM Preschool and Kindergarten will be delayed one hour.

End-of-day dismissal times will not change.