RSS 2.0 FeedThursday, January 19, 2012, Merrick Life
Non-public school bus application deadline
Private school students need buses too.
Please note the same request must be made to the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District for students in grades 7 and up.
Merrick: Transportation requests for students in the Merrick School District who attend nonpublic schools must be filled by April 1, or within 30 days after residence is established.
Applications must be filed annually. A separate application is required for each child. Transportation is provided only to those schools within a 15-mile radius of the child’s home.
Requests should be sent to Merrick Public Schools, Business, 21 Babylon Road, Merrick 11566. For information call 992-7260.
North Merrick: Request for transportation to private or parochial schools outside of the North Merrick School District must be received by April 1. Children must be registered in the North Merrick District first before submitting an application.
Families moving into the district after April 1 are given 30 days after moving in to submit such a request.
Transportation is not provided by the district for children who have completed sixth grade or for children who will not be five years old by December 1, to schools more than 15 miles from the child’s home, or to school’s less than two miles from the child’s home.
All requests for transportation should be address to North Merrick UFSD, Dr. Irene H. Lenhart Administrative Center business office at 1057 Merrick Avenue.
Applications may be picked up at the business office at Fayette School between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Students entering middle school or high school should contact the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School district, 1260 Meadowbrook Road.
Only corner bus stops will be provided for the school year. No house stops will be made. All students must be officially registered with the district.
