Transportation

If you live in a "walk-zone" and would like to request transportation for your student for the 2025-2026 school year, please fill out the form linked below. This is not a guarantee of transportation, we always do our best to fulfill all requests. We will make a determination by late September 2026, and if we are able to fulfill the request we will reach out to you via phone and email. This form must be completed each school year.

Less than 1 mile request

If you have a shared parenting/guardianship agreement in place and need to have bus routes for both parties, please fill out the Shared Parent/Guardianship form.

If you need to use a Bear Cub Academy or a Babysitter/Daycare service for your child, please update the Transportation section of FinalForms for your student, and select "yes" for the question "Does your child require transportation to an address other than home".  This  must be completed prior to bus stop approval (please note any changes in Transportation could take up to 3 days).

If you would like to request we move the location of an existing bus stop, please fill out this form.

*Please note, this form is only to ask for a bus stop relocation, not changing where your student boards the bus*

Please submit two (2) proof of residency to your child's school office that they attend.  No bus stop changes will be approved until the Transportation Office receives notification from the school and then it could take up to 3 days to make the change.

Wadsworth City Schools provides transportation to and from Northside Christian Academy, Medina Christian Academy, and Sacred Heart. If you would like to sign up for a bus route, please fill out the appropriate form linked below. 

• Sacred Heart & Northside Christian Academy

• Medina Christian Academy

For students who attend chartered nonpublic or community schools other than Sacred Heart, Medina Christian Academy or Northside Christian Academy, a request for transportation may be requested at the link below.

Non-public Request for Transportation

• Riding Different buses than Assigned

  • The District recognizes there are emergency circumstances that require students to ride a bus other than their normal bus. Please adhere to the following guidelines to ensure the safety of all students:

    • A note from the parent/guardian should be sent to the building principal requesting that the child/children be transported to a friend's/relative's home.

    • The note must state the reasons for the request, timeframe and specify where the parent/guardian can be reached in case a need arises.

    • This note should be presented to the building principal in the morning for his/her signature.

    • The above-signed note must be presented to the bus driver by the student before the child can be transported. (Please note: we do not transport students to job sites.)

Please note emergency situations do not include play dates, school projects, or sporting events. These types of situations would not be considered an emergency circumstance that would warrant a chance to ride a different bus than normally assigned.

• Buses with Red Flashing Lights 🛑

  • Each school bus in our fleet is equipped with 8 cameras, 5 interior cameras, 1 dash camera, and 2 on the stop sign. We use the cameras to assist us in turning in red stop arm violations to the Wadsworth Police Department. 

  • Our concern for student safety extends outside our school buildings, particularly when students are getting on and off the bus at their stops. There have been a large number of vehicles in our city that are not stopping when our buses have their red lights flashing. The Wadsworth Police Department has issued 21 citations this year to drivers that have run the red flashing lights. This puts students in harm’s way of getting hit.

  • The law says: If a bus is stopped on a street or road with fewer than four (4) lanes, all traffic in both directions must stop.  If a bus is stopped on a street or road with more than four (4) lanes, only the traffic proceeding in the same direction as the bus must stop.  If in doubt, stop!

  • The penalty for running through the red lights on a bus could cost up to $500 and a 1-year suspension of the driver’s license.

  • Please help get the word out on how important it is to stop for the red lights on a school bus.  

• A shuttle point means your student will transfer from one bus to another during their trip in order to get to their assigned school. For example, a student may ride their neighborhood bus to a central location, then switch to a second bus that takes them to their building.

• To help our younger students, each bus also has an animal assignment in addition to a bus number. This makes it easier for students who may not remember or recognize numbers to identify their bus by looking for their assigned animal symbol.