Registration for the buses is on SchoolPass. The bus costs $2/ride for mornings and $6/ride for afternoons. We will bill buses based on actual usage on a quarterly basis.

You can drop into the bus as long as there is space. Please make the apporpriate change on SchoolPass so we know to expect you.

Follow this link for timetables and stops. All buses arrive between 7:45AM and 8:00AM and depart between 3:40-3:45 after the final carline wraps up on the Lower/Middle School driveway.

Most routes will be driven by full-size school buses. A few routes may be driven by smaller school buses. 

All GDS shuttles will be operated by GDS employees or by contractors who have worked with GDS for a number of years, including Coughlin and O'Brien transportation. 

Not currently. There are a number of competing priorities in terms of getting students home (sports, extended day classes, performing arts, community engagement and service activities, etc.) and we want to live on a unified campus for a while before determining when the greatest need for a late bus might be, which neighborhoods it might serve, and whether the cost to offer it benefits our community in the long run.

The following are some factors that went into the decision to operate only one morning bus run:

• Resources: It’s extremely expensive to run an additional round of buses, and we did not want to significantly increase tuition for families.

• More Options: High School students may have more options to get to school independently, including carpooling, biking, and taking public transit.

• Flex time: Part of the reason behind the time change was to allow students to get more sleep. A second reason was to allow students to have more flexibility with their time. When testing out the flex time during the 2019-20 school year, we found that some students preferred to arrive early enough to work out, do homework, participate in mindfulness activities, or meet with teachers before school. Providing the earlier bus service allows them to do so.

• Siblings: Some families with younger students prefer that their high school-aged children accompany their lower- and middle-school aged children on the bus.

• Time: We need some time to figure out what living on one campus together looks like in terms of traffic. We will re-evaluate mid-year and may make changes as needed to our current transportation plan.

Aside from the bus driver, we do not guarantee additional adults providing additional supervision on any bus routes. Some faculty and staff may utilize the bus for getting to and from school, but these adults are not guaranteed on all bus routes. If you have any questions, please contact ImproveMyCommute@gds.org.