How far away is your child's bus stop?

monchichi · August 2011

We live far enough away from the school to warrant a bus ride. Walking is definitely not an option! We received our bus stop today, though, and it seems kind of far away. I don't know--my bis always picked me up on the corner where we lived when I was growing up, so that's my only reference right now. The stop is .4 miles away from the house. It's AT LEAST a 7 minute walk for an adult, let alone a kindergardener. It just seems really far. Is that the norm in your district?

DandelionMom · August 2011

It gets farther and farther away with every budget cut. It used to be our driveway, then the close corner, and is now at the far corner.

jettagurl · August 2011

It is at the corner of our yard. But, it is the only stop for our street. A street T's into our street (at our corner), then about 8 houses each direction is a cul-de-sac...so all those kids walk to our corner. we have 5 buses that come between all the schools, and about 30 kids get on there.

j-w · August 2011

2 houses down. I'm guessing it's because that house is going to be on the bus too (they're our friends, so we know that) and that it is more direct for the rest of the bus's route.

happy_momma · August 2011

it's at the entrance to our subdivision - walk by about 5 houses and turn twice. (Not far - 0.1 mile or so)

L D · August 2011

Ours is at the end of our road. Luckily we live on a dead end street with sidewalks on both sides. I would say it is around 100 yrds from our house. We can see where they stand and watch as they walk down and get on. Plus we have a neighbor we are friends with that is out every morning watching her son so keeps an eye on all of the kids. My girls are super excited about riding the bus even though Im not working (yet) and could take them. I am taking them the first day. They will have to get over it! Mama needs to take pics and try not to cry as they go into their room.

ccm1203 · August 2011

.8 miles. We live on a private dr, and the bus does not go on private drives.

peekaboo716 · August 2011

Two houses down.

PinkPiano · August 2011

Ours is right across the street.

JenniC1135 · August 2011

It's the corner of our yard. I don't think anyone in my neighborhood walks more than about .25 mile

ridesbuttons · August 2011

If a student in JK-gr8 (ages 4-14) lives within 1.6km (1 mile) of the school they attend, they must walk or find alternate transportation.

If they live outside that limit, their busstop will be no farther away than 0.8km (1/2 mile) from their home. From the front door to the bus stop for us is about a 3-4 minute walk.

Since I will be dropping DS2 off at daycare after DS1 is on the bus, we will actually drive to the bus stop.

High school kids get busing if they live outside of a 3.2km (2 mile) radius of the school and their bus stop can be 1.6km (1 mile) away from their home.

shouldbworkin · August 2011

was at the end of our drive last year. no idea where it will be this year yet. can you petition to have one closer? we can do that in our district up until Oct.

august06mom · August 2011

Our district states that stop can't be further than 0.1 of a mile, which is ridiculous to me.

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