2015-2016 School Bus Routes Now Available

School begins in a little more than a week and now the 2015-2016 school year bus routes have been made available to students and parents.

The Tewksbury Public Schools plans and schedules rides (bus, van, parent or walker) for every student enrolled in kindergarten through grade 10. Juniors and seniors are welcome to use bus service if it is needed).

All students are assigned a bus based on their home address, unless parents have made alternative arrangements known to the transportation department (i.e daycare, drop off or pick up at a relatives house, etc.) This information is then posted in the student’s records, which teachers may use to assist in getting students to their bus at the end of the day.

Anyone wanting to make alternate transportation arrangements for a their student must email David Libby at dlibby@tewksbury.k12.ma.us.

Some notes on this year’s bus routes:

• PM Take Home Routes: PM take home routes are NOT published for the Wynn or the High School. We allow Bus Drivers to assess the actual ridership and create the most efficient take home routes possible.

• Times Listed Are Approximated: The program we use has no way of estimating traffic conditions, time spent at traffic lights, student loading variables, etc. The times are given only as a guideline. A pattern of consistent pick up and drop off times will undoubtedly arise.

• Buses Will Be Late the First Few Days: Schools are very careful when loading students for take home at the end of the day, particularly at the lower elementary levels, so the time spent at the school can be particularly long at the beginning of the year, resulting in late drop offs at most elementary bus stops. This will improve dramatically within the first couple of weeks. If it does not, contact Dave Libby at dlibby@tewksbury.k12.ma.us so we can make some adjustments.

If you have any questions or concerns, contact Dave Libby at dlibby@tewksbury.k12.ma.us

Here are links to the bus routes for the schools in town this year:

• Dewing Elementary and North Street Elementary
• Heath Brook Elementary and Louise Davy Trahan Elementary
• John F. Ryan Elementary
• John W. Wynn Middle School
• Tewksbury Memorial High School