How far do your kids walk to the bus stop?

[Anonymous]

In HS the nearest stop is a 20 minute walk. Is this normal?

[Anonymous]

Your nearest school bus stop is a mile away? Is this for your regular home high school, or for a magnet program?

[Anonymous]

I measured ours once, .4 miles for our elementary kids. Definitely not like it was when I was young, the bus used to drop elementary kids in front of their house. In high school it was maybe a quarter mile back then. Here, the high school bus is also just under half a mile.

[Anonymous]

One walks half a block. The other two blocks. I love living in downtown SS!

[Anonymous]

Elementary school stop was at the end of our driveway (corner house). Middle school was 2 houses down the street as was high school. The stops have not changed in the 18 years we’ve lived in our home.

[Anonymous]

That seems really long. MS stop is 1 block, HS is in front of the house.

[Anonymous]

1.5 blocks away. For high school. The middle school ones are closer.

[Anonymous]

Is it just this year? Maybe it has to do with the bus driver shortage.

[Anonymous]

Do you live within the walk zone of the school? That's up to 2 miles for high school, as long as there's a safe walking route: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/transportation/rules/riding.aspx

[Anonymous]

HS, one block.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I measured ours once, .4 miles for our elementary kids. Definitely not like it was when I was young, the bus used to drop elementary kids in front of their house. In high school it was maybe a quarter mile back then. Here, the high school bus is also just under half a mile.

The opposite here. I grew up in a great school district in the suburbs and walked 0.5 miles to the bus in kindergarten (more stops added later when more neighborhood kids aged into school). MCPS ES bus is 100 yards for our house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you live within the walk zone of the school? That's up to 2 miles for high school, as long as there's a safe walking route: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/transportation/rules/riding.aspx

That's what I'm thinking too. I.e., OP lives in the walk zone.

[Anonymous]

I don't think the walk time is relevant - it's the distance. My kids walk a bit over a quarter of a mile to the closest stop but it can take them 20 minutes because they poke and goof around with friends along the way.

If you have concerns, call the bus depot and see what they say. Also go on your HS website and check out all of the options. Maybe there is a stop closer that you haven't noticed.