RAYMOND SCHOOL
DISTRICT
BUS ROUTES 2015-2016
This year, the Transportation Committee has done a much needed overhaul of the bus routes. Over many years, literally dozens of bus stops have been added with just a handful removed. This has led to the the middle and elementary school buses (after the high school bus runs) arriving later and later. Our bus drivers do a fantastic job getting everyone picked up and to school and home safely, but Raymond is geographically very large and difficult to cover. We have middle school students arriving home at 3:20 (school gets out at 2:35) and elementary students arriving at their home bus stops after 4:00 PM (school gets out at 3:10)! In the winter, this is dark. (In the morning, we have the opposite issue: one example is middle school students catching the bus at 7:15 for an 8:10 start to their school day.) To save money, there is one set of buses that begins with high school then the middle school and finally the elementary school. If a bus has many stops or travels a long distance, it creates a domino effect. Here's how the long process of redoing the bus routes worked.
Members of the Transportation Committee began by following each of the buses on their routes beginning last January. This took quite a bit of time- 8 buses with 8 different routes for 3 schools! (It was a lot of stop and go.) The bus drivers then took notes on the stops they make, how many students are at each stop, how close the stops are to each other, and made recommendations for changes. We also had the administrators at the middle and elementary school take notes on the times the buses actually show up at the end of the day and how long it took before the buses were ready to leave with students. All of this information provided the committee with an accurate picture of the bus runs. A four hour meeting was held with the Transportation Committee and Dail Transportation to finalize changes to the routes based on all the information that was gathered.
Here is some of what we found out that helped with these difficult decisions. In some neighborhoods, children were picked up at nearly every other house while in many other neighborhoods children were expected to walk to the main road nearest their home for pick-up. This alone was inequitable and added considerable minutes to the run time for these buses. There were also bus stops that no longer had students who lived close to the stop, and several more where the initial reason for the stop was no longer valid. (We also looked at roads where there were blind curves and no safe place for a bus to stop.) Some of our youngest students were on the buses for 30-40 minutes due to the number of stops.
The Transportation Committee spent considerable time looking at, first, safety, then distance students would need to walk (based on RSA 189:6 and 189:8), while also ensuring equity and fairness for all families. After months of looking at the lists, matching them up to addresses and reasonableness of walking to a stop, the final routes are listed below. These new stops will be a change for many of our families. (Since we have a contract with our bus company, these changes do not save any money but allow for the shortest amount of riding time on a bus and helps create equity.)
Please remember that our goal is to have each student arrive at school and at home safely and in a reasonable amount of time.
Members of the Transportation Committee began by following each of the buses on their routes beginning last January. This took quite a bit of time- 8 buses with 8 different routes for 3 schools! (It was a lot of stop and go.) The bus drivers then took notes on the stops they make, how many students are at each stop, how close the stops are to each other, and made recommendations for changes. We also had the administrators at the middle and elementary school take notes on the times the buses actually show up at the end of the day and how long it took before the buses were ready to leave with students. All of this information provided the committee with an accurate picture of the bus runs. A four hour meeting was held with the Transportation Committee and Dail Transportation to finalize changes to the routes based on all the information that was gathered.
Here is some of what we found out that helped with these difficult decisions. In some neighborhoods, children were picked up at nearly every other house while in many other neighborhoods children were expected to walk to the main road nearest their home for pick-up. This alone was inequitable and added considerable minutes to the run time for these buses. There were also bus stops that no longer had students who lived close to the stop, and several more where the initial reason for the stop was no longer valid. (We also looked at roads where there were blind curves and no safe place for a bus to stop.) Some of our youngest students were on the buses for 30-40 minutes due to the number of stops.
The Transportation Committee spent considerable time looking at, first, safety, then distance students would need to walk (based on RSA 189:6 and 189:8), while also ensuring equity and fairness for all families. After months of looking at the lists, matching them up to addresses and reasonableness of walking to a stop, the final routes are listed below. These new stops will be a change for many of our families. (Since we have a contract with our bus company, these changes do not save any money but allow for the shortest amount of riding time on a bus and helps create equity.)
Please remember that our goal is to have each student arrive at school and at home safely and in a reasonable amount of time.
RAYMOND SCHOOL
DISTRICT
BUS ROUTES 2015-2016
(Purple) Raymond High
School
6:30 Start on Route 27 East
House 104
Mr. Gas Store
Route 107/102
Ben Franklin Plaza 6:34
Essex Dr.
Bowling Alley 6:35
Route 27 East
Sunview Apts. (1st entrance) 6:36
Colonial Dr.
c/o Heritage Way 6:37
Route 27 West
House 45
Nottingham Rd.
(Route 156)
Whip-or-will Lane
Turn around @ Norris Farm Rd.
Kozy's Corner entrance on Route 156
Route 27 West
c/o Sunhill Rd. 6:40
c/o Longhill Rd.
Leisure Village
Route 107
c/o 107 & Dudley Rd.
Dudley Rd.
c/o Dudley & Route 27
Route 27
Branch River Apts. 6:45
Route 27 East
c/o Upper Scotland Dr.
Riverview Manor
Canterbury Commons
(Purple) Iber Holmes Gove Middle School
7:15 Start on Scribner Rd.
c/o Gile &
Scribner
c/o Scribner
& Green
Green Rd.
House 19 @ 7:16
c/o Birch Court
c/o Green Rd.
Commons 7:18
c/o Sargent Rd.
7:20
c/o Watson Hill
Rd.
c/o Castle Rock
Rd. 7:22
Lane Rd.
House 184
c/o Saddlepath
Rd. 7:28
Old Mill
Rd./Shattigee 7:29
c/o Sherman Rd.
(Purple) Lamprey River Elementary School
7:55 Start on Scribner Rd.
Gile &
Scribner at Sand pit
House
14 @ 7:58
c/o
Scribner & Green Rds. 8:00
Green Rd.
House
29
c/o Green Rd.
Commons
c/o Sargent
Rd 8:03
c/o Watson Hill
Rd.
c/o Castle Rock
Rd. 8:06
Green Rd.
House 119 @ 8:10
Lane Rd.
c/o Saddlepath
Ln. 8:15
House 151
Old
Mill/Shattigee
House 132
c/o Sherman
Lane 8:20
House 12
Lane Rd.
House 122
(Red) Raymond High School
6:40 Start on Route 107/102
Left onto Route 107
Left onto Prescott Rd 6:44
c/o Agent Dr.
c/o Kristy Court
c/o Midnight Sun
c/o Kula
Court 6:48
c/o Pond Rd.
c/o Boulder Dr.
Route 27 East
Ham Rd.
House 46 @ 6:52
Route 156 (Nottingham Rd.)
c/o Stonepost
Circle
Mountain Rd.
c/o Cross Rd.
c/o Meindel
Rd. 6:56
House 72
Prevere Rd.
Harriman Hill Rd.
c/o Raiders Lane 6:59
c/o Englewood Dr.
c/o Lakeview
c/o Quinlan Farm
(Red) Iber Holmes Gove Middle School
7:15 Start
on Route 107 “Fremont Rd.”
Clover Court
House 15
Route 107 (Fremont Rd.)
c/o Paradise Dr. 7:20
c/o Lilac Dr 7:21
Old Fremont Rd.
Batchelder Rd.
House 76 @ 7:24
c/o Bayou Rd.
House 62
c/o Hickory Ln.
Washington Dr.
c/o Coolidge Rd. (for entire development) @ 7:27
(turn around at Coolidge Rd.)
Batchelder Rd.
c/o 1st Pierce Rd
c/o 2nd Pierce Rd.
c/o Highland Ave.
(Red) Lamprey River Elementary School
8:03 Start on
Essex Dr.
Bus stop is at Bowling Alley @ 8:03
Clover Court
House 10A
Route 107 “Fremont Rd.”
c/o Paradise Dr.
Batchelder Rd.
House 93
House 76
Washington Dr.
c/o Coolidge Way (for entire development) 8:20
Batchelder Rd.
c/o 1st Pierce Rd.
c/o 2nd Pierce Rd.
(Blue) Raymond High School
6:30 Start on Lane Rd.
c/o Butterfield
Ln. 6:30
c/o Enterprise
Way
c/o Ashley Court
c/o Hillside Dr.
c/o Morrison Dr.
c/o Chandler Ln.
c/o Old Bye
Rd.
c/o Bald Hill
Estates 6:40
c/o Sherman Dr..
c/o Old Mill Rd.
c/o Saddlepath
Ln.
Green Rd.
c/o Kelly Ln.
House 119
c/o Castle Rock
Rd. 6:48
c/o Watson Hill
c/o Sargent Dr.
c/o Birch Ct
House 19
House 28
Scribner Rd.
c/o Green &
Scribner Rds.
(Blue) Iber Holmes Gove Middle
School
7:15 Start on Lane Rd.
House 17
c/o Enterprise
Way
c/o Ashley Court
c/o Hillside
Dr.
c/o Chandler Ln.
House 101
Old Bye Rd.
c/o Nancy
Ln. (2nd entrance)
Oak St.
John St.
c/o John &
Oak 7:25
Old Bye Rd.
c/o Old Bye
& Lane Rds. (at the stop sign)
Bald Hill Estates
c/o Fox Run Ln.
Eagle Hill Rd.
c/o May Fly
Ln. (turn around @ May Fly Ln.)
Lane Rd.
c/o Morrison Rd.
(Blue) Lamprey River Elementary
School
8:00 Start on Lane Rd.
c/o Ashley Court
8:00
c/o Chandler
Lane
Old Bye Rd.
c/o Nancy
Ln. (2nd entrance)
Oak Dr.
John St.
c/o Oak &
John St.
Old Bye Rd.
c/o Old Bye
& Lane Rds. (at the stop sign)
Bald Hill Estates
c/o Fox Run Ln.
Eagle Hill Rd.
c/o May Fly
Ln. (turn around @ May Fly Ln.) 8:19
Lane Rd.
c/o Kristopher
Ln.
c/o Morrison Rd.
House 84
c/o Hillside Dr.
c/o Enterprise
Way 8:25
c/o Butterfield
Ln
c/o Fordway Rd.
(Green) Raymond High School
6:32 Start on Main St.
c/o Plains Rd.
The Commons /
Bank
House 105
House 128
Old Fremont Rd.
c/o
Old Fremont & Bachelder Rds.
Batchelder Rd.
Bayou Dr. 6:39
c/o Cedar Ridge
c/o Washington
Dr. 6:41
c/o 2nd
Pierce Rd.
Onway Lake Rd.
House 7
Cammett
Fields 6:44
House 59
Langford Rd.
c/o Tanglewood
Dr.
c/o Sherry Ln.
c/o
Stoneybrook 6:50
Roy St.
c/o Roy/Langford
Rds. (turn around also) 6:42
Langford Rd.
Manor View
Sundeen Parkway
(Green) Iber Holmes Gove Middle School
7:20 Brown Rd.
House 23 @ 7:20
Regina Ave.
c/o Mildred Ave.
7:22
c/o Deborah
Ave.7:23
Phyllis Ave.
c/o Lisa Ave.
7:21
Lisa Ave.
c/o Rita Ave.
7:23
Prescott Rd.
c/o Agent Dr.
7:25
c/o Kristy Court
House 34
c/o Boulder
Court
Route 27 East “Epping Rd.”
House 1 (Felch
Electric) 7:32
Route 27 West
corner of
Colonial Dr.
(Green) Lamprey River Elementary School
8:00 Start on Route 107
Brown Rd.
Regina Ave. in Greenhills TP
c/o Mildred
Ave. 8:06
c/o Deborah
Ave. 8:07
Phyllis Ave.
c/o Lisa
Ave. 8:10
Lisa Ave.
c/o Patricia
Ave. 8:11
Prescott Rd.
c/o Agent Dr.
c/o Kristy
Court 8:15
House 73
House 46
c/o Boulder Dr.
Route 27 West
c/o Colonial Dr.
(Orange) Iber Holmes Gove Middle
School
7:05 Start at Essex Dr.
bus stop is at
the Bowlling Alley 7:05
Route 102 “Chester Rd.”
House
15
House
106
c/o Wil-In
TP 7:10
c/o Park Place
c/o Morgan Farm
Rd.
c/o Ventura Dr
Turn around at Chester State
Sheds
Route 102
c/o Ida Ln. 7:17
c/o Riverside
Dr.
House 92
c/o Darren Dr.
House 74
Blueberry Hill
c/o Windmere
Development 7:20
Strawberry Ln.
c/o Blake Rd. (turn around here also)
Blueberry Hill Rd
c/o Randy Ln.
Route 102 “Chester Rd.”
House 6
c/o Dana Dr.
Rt 107
Riverbend Apts.
(Greggs Garden Center)
(Orange) Lamprey River Elementary School
(**PM ONLY EPPING STREET WILL BE
FIRST**)
8:00 Start at Route 102 at “Play, Laugh, and
Grow”
Route 102 “Chester Rd.”
House 7
House 106
Wil-in Trailer
Park
c/o Ventura Dr.
c/o Ida Ln. 8:10
House 112
c/o Riverside
Dr.
c/o Darren Dr.
Blueberry Hill
c/o Windmere
Development
Strawberry Ln.
c/o Blake
Rd. (bus turns around here also)
Blueberry Hill Rd.
c/o Randy Ln.
Route 102
House 12
Rt 107
Riverbend
Apts(Greggs Graden Center)
Epping St.(**LAST in AM, FIRST
in PM**)
c/o Francesca
Dr.
c/o Melody Ln.
Library
(Pink) Iber Holmes Gove Middle School
7:07 Start on
Route 27 East
Sunview Apts (both entrances) 7:07
Left onto Ham Rd.
House 46
House 41
House 3
Route 156 “Nottingham Rd.”
c/o Stonepost Circle (both entrances) 7:14
House 112
Turn around at town line
Mountain Rd.
House 4A
House 27
House 37
Turn around at Mooers Rd.
House 14
Cross Rd.
Harriman Hill Rd.
House 117
c/o Raiders Ln.
c/o Englewood
House 74
c/o Glenridge/Lakeview Rds.
c/o Quinlan Farm
House 39
(Pink) Lamprey River Elementary School
8:00 Start on
Route 27 E
House 88
House 62
Sunview Apts. (both entrances)
Ham Rd.
House 46
House 32
House 3
c/o Ham Rd. & Route 156
Route 156
Stonepost Circle (both entrances) 8:10
House 85
c/o Stingy River Rd.
Turn around at town line
House 86 “Cedar Springs”
Mountain Rd.
House 6
House 26/27
House
37
Mooers Rd. (turn around here)
House 14
Cross Rd.
bottom of Cross Rd. & Harriman
Hill Rd.
Harriman Hill Rd.
House 117
c/o Prevere Rd.
c/o Raiders Ln.
c/o Glenridge/Lakeview Rds.
c/o
Quinlan Farm Rd.
House 35
(Brown) Iber Holmes Gove Middle School
7:10 Route 27 West
c/o Sunhill Rd.
House 157
Langford Rd.
c/o Sundeen
Parkway 7:13
c/o Manorview
c/o Tanglewood
Dr.
c/o Sherry Ln
c/o Stoneybrook
c/o Roy St.
Langford Rd.
Onway Lake Rd.
House 53B
(Brown) Lamprey River Elementary School
8:00 Start on Route 156 (Nottingham Rd)
c/o Whip or Wil
Lane
Turn around at Norris Farm Rd
House 6
Route 27 West
China One Restaurant (pm only)
c/o Hummingbird
Ln.
c/o Sunhill
Rd. 8:04
Blocks to Books
Daycare 8:06
Langford Rd.
c/o
Manorview 8:09
c/o Tanglewood
Dr. 8:13
c/o Sherry Lane
c/o Stoneybrook
c/o Roy St.
Langford Rd.
Onway Lake Rd.
House 53B
House 30
House 11
(White)
Raymond High School
6:30 Start on Route 102W
House 12 @ 6:30
c/o Wil-Lyn TP
House 87
c/o Ventura Dr.
Turn around at Chester town
sheds
Route 102
c/o Ida Lane
6:37
c/o Riverside
Dr.
c/o Darren Dr.
Blueberry Hill Rd.
c/o Randy Ln.
6:41
c/o Blueberry
and Strawberry Ln. (turn around here
also)
Route 102
House 68
Brown Rd
House 23
c/o Brown/Regina
Ave.
c/o Brown/Lisa
Ave.
Route 107N
c/o Paradise Dr.
c/o Lilac Court
c/o Riverbend
Marketplace.
(White
bus) Iber Holmes Gove Middle School
7:15 Start on Main St.
c/o Main St.
& Old Fremont Rd.
House 132
House 126/128
House 105
c/o Moulton St.
House 30
Long Hill Rd.
c/o Smith Pond
Rd.
House 51
House 61
Route 27W
Leisure Village
(entrance)
Route 107N
House 19
Turn around at town line
House 28
Dudley Rd.
House 16
Route 27E
Branch River
Apts.
c/o Upper &
Lower Scotland Dr.
c/o Riverview
Apts. (entrance)
c/o Canterbury
Commons (entrance)
House 158
Main St.
c/o Plains Rd.
(White)
Lamprey River Elementary School
8:05 Start on Main St.
c/o Old Fremont
Rd.
House 126/128
House 110
c/o Moulton St.
c/o Orchard St.
House 30
Long Hill Rd.
c/o Smith Pond
Rd. 8:12
Route 27W
c/o Leisure
Village (entrance)
Route 107N
House 19
Turn around at Grout Farm Rd.
Dudley Rd.
House 16
Route 27E
c/o Branch River
Apts.
c/o Upper &
Lower Scotland Dr.
c/o Riverview
Manor
c/o McKusker Dr.
c/o Canterbury
Commons (entrance)
House 158
Main St.
Corner of Plains
Rd.
PM*Plains Rd is first
stop*Main St is at end of route*
