Walking Zone Changes
At a glance
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- What: removing streets from walking zones so more middle and high school students are eligible for busing in 2026-27.
- Where it stands: 105 streets listed, 18 overlapping, so 87 streets; about 189 students newly eligible (subject to change).
- Next: NRT to post bus routes by August 10; families of newly eligible students are opted in unless they opt out. See NRT Bus Contract for how the school year began.
Details
- Applies to grades 6-12 (Wickham and the high school), whose walking zones were much wider than elementary zones.
- Goal is consistency: a street bused at the elementary level is bused at the secondary level.
- Elementary walking zones are unchanged.
- Planning assumes 75-80 percent of current riders return, plus kindergarten, fifth-to-sixth and eighth-to-ninth grade newcomers.
Discussion time
About 7 minutes across 2 meetings (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-09 - School Committee | 2 |
| 2026-05-26 - School Committee | 5 |
Log
- 2026-06-09 - School Committee - Route timeline: static data to NRT about June 23, live data about August 4, routes posted by August 10.
- 2026-05-26 - School Committee - Muhammad (Finance and Operations Director) presented the street list and registration plan; about 5 percent more riders.