Westborough announces contingency plan for bus drivers’ strike

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Westborough announces contingency plan for bus drivers’ strike
Participants in an informational picket wave to drivers beeping in support of local bus drivers trying to negotiate a contract with NRT. (Photo/Maureen Sullivan)

WESTBOROUGH – Should a bus drivers’ strike take place on Monday, May 8, Westborough Public Schools has provided the following consolidated locations for dropoff and pickup:

MILL POND SCHOOL

Bus 1 – 6:40 a.m., 346 Turnpike (PARC); 6:45, The ARRIVE Apts.; 6:55, MPS dropoff; 7:10, Westboro Cinemas parking lot; 7:25, MPS dropoff.

Bus 2 – 6:45 a.m., Greg’s Field, 66 Upton Road; 7 a.m., MPS dropoff; 7:05, Nourse Farm, 80 Jasper St.; 7:11, MPS dropoff

Bus 3 – 6:50 a.m., Gilmore Farm Road (Quick Farm/Orchard Hill); 7 a.m., MPS dropoff; 7:08, Westboro Village (clubhouse only); 7:12, Charlestown Meadows Apts.; 7:20, MPS dropoff

Bus 4 – 6:50 a.m., Fales School (first shuttle); 7 a.m., MPS dropoff; 7:10, Fales School (second shuttle); 7:15, MPS dropoff

Bus 5 – 6:44 a.m., 135 East Main St. Park Village (back lot); 6:50, Hastings School; 7 a.m., MPS dropoff; 7:10, Hastings School (second shuttle); 7:20, MPS dropoff

Bus 6 – 6:40 a.m., Ellington Apts. (Flanders Hill); 6:50, Windsor Ridge Drive Apts.; 7:01, MPS dropoff; 7:09, West Main Street at Freedom Park; 7:14 MPS dropoff

Bus 7 – 6:45 a.m., Gibbons School; 7, MPS dropoff; 7:05, Westborough High School; 7:12, MPS dropoff

GIBBONS/WHS

Bus 1 – 7:33 a.m., 346 Turnpike (PARC); 7:39, Westboro Cinemas parking lot; 7:50, GMS dropoff; 7:56, WHS dropoff; 8:07, The ARRIVE Apts.; 8:18, GMS dropoff; 8:23, WHS dropoff

Bus 2 – 7:28 a.m., Nourse Farm, Jasper Street; 7:36, WHS dropoff; 7:42, GMS dropoff; 7:52, Nourse Farm; 8:01, WHS dropoff; 8:07, GMS dropoff

Bus 3 – 7:28 a.m., Charlestown Meadows Apts.; 7:33, Westboro Village (clubhouse only); 7:40, GMS dropoff; 7:46, WHS dropoff; 7:56, Westboro Village (clubhouse only); 8:06, GMS dropoff; 8:11, WHS dropoff

Bus 4 – 7:30 a.m., Westmeadow Plaza (Job Lot); 7:35, GMS dropoff; 7:40, WHS dropoff; 7:50, Westmeadow Plaza (Job Lot); 7:56, GMS dropoff; 8:02, WHS dropoff

Bus 5 – 7:35 a.m., Ellington Apts. (Flanders Hill); 7:42, Windsor Ridge Apts.; 7:50, GMS dropoff; 7:55, WHS dropoff; 8:06, Longmeadow Road at Hundreds Road; 8:12, 135 East Main St., Park Village (back lot); 8:20, WHS dropoff; 8:26, GMS dropoff

Bus 6 – 7:27 a.m., 183 West Main St. (Good Shepherd Church); 7:33, WHS dropoff; 7:38, GMS dropoff; 7:45, 183 West Main St. (Good Shepherd Church); 7:51, WHS dropoff; 7:57, GMS dropoff

Bus 7 – 7:30 a.m., Gilmore Farm Road (Quick Farm/Orchard Hill); 7:37, WHS (auditorium); 7:43, GMS dropoff; 7:55, Gilmore Farm Road (Quick Farm/Orchard Hill); 8:02, WHS (auditorium); 8:09, GMS dropoff

Bus 8 – 7:40 a.m., Greg’s Field, 66 Upton Road; 7:47, WHS dropoff; 7:53, GMS dropoff; 8:03, Greg’s Field, 66 Upton Road; 8:10, WHS dropoff; 8:17, GMS dropoff

HASTINGS

Bus 1 – 8:20 a.m., Greg’s Field, 66 Upton Road; 8:30, Hastings dropoff; 8:37, Windsor Ridge Drive Apts.; 8:43, Hastings dropoff

Bus 7 – 8:20 a.m., Westboro Shopping Center (Tatnuck Books); 8:25, Hastings dropoff; 8:31, Westboro Shopping Center (Tatnuck Books); 8:37, Hastings dropoff

Bus 4 – 8:32 a.m., Ellington Apts. (Flanders Hill); 8:42, Hastings dropoff; 8:47, 135 East Main St. Park Village (back lot); 8:52, Hastings dropoff

ARMSTRONG

Bus 5 – 8:34 a.m., 346 Turnpike (PARC); 8:45, Armstrong dropoff; 8:51, The ARRIVE Apts.; 9:10, Armstrong dropoff

Bus 3 – 8:07 a.m., 183 West Main St. (Good Shepherd Church); 8:34, Armstrong dropoff; 8:38, 183 West Main St. (Good Shepherd Church); 8:44, Armstrong dropoff

Bus 8 – 1500 Union St. (old Steinmart Building); 8:38, Armstrong dropoff; 8:48, Westmeadow Plaza (Job Lot); 8:58, Armstrong dropoff

FALES

Bus 2 – 8:30 a.m., Westboro Village (clubhouse only); 8:33, Charlestown Meadows Apts.; 8:40, Fales dropoff; 8:47, 183 West Main St. (Good Shepherd Church); 8:51, Fales dropoff

Bus 6 – 8:30 a.m., Greg’s Field, 66 Upton Road; 8:37, Fales dropoff; 8:45, Gilmore Farm Road (Quick Farm/Orchard Hill); 8:52, Fales dropoff

In a release, the district urged families to use the consolidated locations to minimize car traffic at the schools. Please be patient as these changes are implemented, the release said.

Email [email protected] if you have questions regarding the busing. Email your child’s school directly if you have individual questions.

The release said WPS is grateful to the drivers who are making it possible to provide transportation for Westborough families. As soon as possible, WPS will return to the regular busing routes, it said.

If you are driving your child to school, all schools will be open and ready to receive students at 7 a.m. At the end of the day, all schools will extend parent pick-up time to 3:45 p.m. If your child is walking to school, please review the route with them this weekend.

Additionally, Westborough Police officers will be at each school on Monday to assist with the expected increased traffic.

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