School district announces Duxbury & Rt. 2 bus changes effective immediately
January 31, 2024 | By Lisa ScagliottiOn Wednesday morning, Harwood school district officials announced imminent changes to several bus routes mainly in Duxbury that go into effect tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 1.
In an email to families, parents and caregivers are instructed to visit the district's bus routes page on its website.
The changes affect five routes – two serving Brookside Primary School, three serving Crossett Brook Middle School and Harwood Union Middle/High School. The changes involve the areas the buses serve and several have significant time adjustments.
Shannon Wisdom in the Harwood Unified Union School District central office said the route adjustments were due to staffing issues.
All of the updates affect routes in Duxbury with one of the changes also impacting Waterbury students along U.S. Route 2 who attend Crossett Brook and Harwood.
The biggest timing change is for Bus 1 serving Brookside Primary School. Starting Thursday, it will cover Crossett Hill Road in Duxbury. The morning pick up time will be approximately 30 minutes earlier than the schedule to date. In the afternoon, it will drop students off approximately 30 minutes later, according to the announcement.
The district advises parents to contact their school directly with questions or Danial Sargeant, manager at the First Student Bus Barn. His contact information is on the district’s bus route webpage where the full schedules for all of the district’s bus routes are listed.
Bus route changes effective Thursday, Feb. 1
From the announcement, the changes are:
BPS Bus 1: Now covers Crossett Hill Road (approximately 30 minutes earlier than current schedule in AM and 30 minutes later in PM).
BPS Bus 6: Now covers Route 100 in Duxbury and Stevens Brook Road (approximate to current schedule).
CBMS and Harwood Bus 6: Now covers Route 100 in Duxbury and Stevens Brook Road in the morning (approximate to current schedule). Students from Route 2 in Waterbury will ride Bus 4 (approximately 10 minutes earlier in AM).
CBMS and Harwood Bus 14: Now covers Route 100 in Duxbury and Stevens Brook Road in the afternoon (approximate to current schedule).
CBMS and Harwood Bus 1: Now covers Crossett Hill Road (approximate to current schedule AM and PM). Also students from Camels Hump Road and River Road (approximately 15 minutes earlier in AM and 15 minutes later in PM).