District 156 Boundaries

Emergency Closings

2024-25 Parking Form

Parking and Driving Regulations

We partner with District 15 for transportation.

For questions, contact the District 15 Transportation Department:

815-385-6622 troffice@d15.org

Activity Shuttle Bus Schedule

Updated 2024

4:25 p.m. Eastside of McHenry Bus:

Leaves Upper Campus at 4:15 p.m.

Leaves Freshman Campus at 4:25 p.m.

4:25 p.m. Westside of McHenry Bus:

Leaves Freshman Campus at 4:15 p.m.

Leaves Upper Campus at 4:25 p.m.

5:55 p.m. Eastside of McHenry Bus:

Leaves Upper Campus at 5:45 p.m.

Leaves Freshman Campus at 5:55 p.m.

5:55 p.m. Westside of McHenry Bus:

Leaves Freshman Campus at 5:45 p.m.

Leaves Upper Campus at 5:55 p.m.

1:36/1:46pm Early Release Days:

Activity Bus at 5:55 p.m. will run as shown above on early release days.

Shuttle to the opposite campus will take place at release time. Students should go to designated areas at their destination to wait for practice or activity to begin.

McHenry Community High School District 156 shares transportation services with McHenry Elementary School District 15. Please see information below about accessing bus route information for your student(s).

If a student's home address is 1.5 miles or more from the student's campus, they are eligible for transportation. If the home address is less than 1.5 miles, there is an optional "Pay Rider" fee of $125.00. Request form must be completed for ALL transportation requests

2024-2025 Transportation Requests: Parents or guardians must indicate their student needs a bus transportation when they register. Please call 815-385-6622 if there is anything you need to change after registering.

Change of Address? If your family has moved, parents will be responsible for their child's transportation until residency is provided to the District office.

Updated 2024

Routes are ready for view in the transportation department's ELInk (see instructions below), however please remember that they will change as we continue to process registrations.  We recommend you check your students bus stop information daily up to the first day of school and up to two weeks after school starts.   

Please remember that buses can run up to an hour late the first week of school.  We are diligently checking every student to ensure they are getting on the correct bus routes.  We also have a verification process to make sure each student is getting off at the correct stop.  Safety is paramount and these procedures take a significant amount of time.  Please feel free to reach out to the Transportation Office after this time frame to inquire on your student.  We encourage you to track your students bus with the VersaTrans My Stop Bus App. The app will show buses once school starts and buses are on the road.  Below is the information:

Versatrans My Stop Bus App:

• Download app from Apple or Google:
  Versatrans My Stop Apple App Store or

  Versatrans My Stop Google Play

• Allow app to access location

• App will offer to find local school districts

• Choose McHenry Community Consolidated School District #15 & HSD #156 (IL) (Please select carefully!)

• Enter login and password (your student’s ID# for both)

• Map of your child's bus route should appear

Check your student's routing information in e-Link:

• Go to e-Link login page

• Enter username and password. 

• Click on Work with Students

• Click on View My Students

• Click on Student Name

Your student’s ID# has been setup as your user ID and password for the My Stop App and viewing your bus route information. Please note: Check PowerSchool to find your student's ID number. (PowerSchool help) It can be found under student demographics and the transportation page.

We are experiencing a driver shortage.  If you would like to become a school bus driver, please call 779-244-1090.  Due to this driver shortage we are asking that if you would like to opt your child/children out of bus service, or have the means to carpool, please email or call the Transportation Department at troffice@d15.org