To assess the attitude of high school students toward travel away from their home school for vocational training, a two-part study was conducted. The objective of the first part was to determine the number of students in the State of Washington who actually traveled away from their home schools for vocational training and of the second part to identify those factors which influence students' decisions to travel or not. Primary sources of data included information from the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, earlier State studies, questionnaires, and telephone and personal interviews. A limitation of the study was that it was not based on a probability sample. It was found that while most students were willing to travel away from their home schools for vocational training, few actually did so. Factors found to influence a student's decision to travel or not included lack of knowledge and awareness of courses offered away from the home school, inability to relate their future occupational goals to the vocational courses offered, and career counseling and recruitment efforts. Students were also found to prefer to travel to a vocational training institution other than a neighboring high school. Finally, it was concluded that the keys to successful skill center operations include maintaining a good program reputation, establishing a good communication network, insuring the strong commitment of the participating districts, and choosing a good location. Appendixes include survey forms and results of surveys of students, administrators, counselors, and teachers. (Author/LMS)