Transportation
The City of Marlboro provides bus transportation for all AMSA students who are residents of Marlborough.
Our regional buses serve AMSA students in Clinton, Hudson, Maynard, and other towns as needed.
In addition, we provide a carpool app that enables families to start or join a carpool.
Questions?
Marlborough buses
Lynn McCluskey,
l.mccluskey@amsacs.org
Regional buses
Liana McLaren,
l.mclaren@amsacs.org
- Marlborough Bus Registration for 2021-2022 School Year
- Regional Bus Registration for 2021-2022 School Year
- Marlborough Busing 2020-2021
- Regional Busing 2020-2021
- Carpools
Marlborough Bus Registration for 2021-2022 School Year
The Advanced Math and Science Academy (AMSA) will continue to offer free bus transportation in the 2021-2022 school year for Marlborough students.
Properly designed bus routes are critical to providing students and parents with a safe and reliable school transportation experience. The optimal routes only can be created after identifying those students who choose to take a bus. Therefore, AMSA has instituted a bus registration and bus pass system for the 2020-2021 school year.
BUS REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR ALL STUDENTS (GR 6-12) INTERESTED IN RIDING A BUS FOR THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR. THE BUS REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS 6/24/21 AT NOON.
If an existing AMSA student wishes to ride the bus but does not register by the deadline, the student will be placed on a waiting list and bus assignment will be subject to seat availability.
Please click here to register for Marlborough busing. If you prefer a printed registration form which can be mailed or emailed, please contact Lynn McCluskey at l.mccluskey@amsacs.org.
Please complete this Marlborough bus registration whether you will be a full time, part time or just an occasional bus rider. It is critical that we capture ALL riders for maximum seat capacity.
If you have questions, please email Lynn McCluskey: l.mccluskey@amsacs.org
Regional Bus Registration for 2021-2022 School Year
Our regional buses serve our AMSA community with stops in the following towns: Clinton, Hudson, Maynard, and Shrewsbury.
Deadline for registration is June 24, 2021 at noon. Seats are reserved on a first come first serve basis. Note that the buses fill up quickly so please get your registrations in as soon as possible. A completed registration consists of the application and a deposit. AMSA students from any town may register for the Regional Busing Program but they must board/discharge bus at one of the stops in Clinton, Hudson, Maynard, or Shrewsbury.
Please register here and make payments here. Please contact Lynn McCluskey at l.mccluskey@amsacs.org with any questions.
The fees listed below are preliminary rates and are contingent upon final ridership numbers. If a bus is underfunded after June 18th, we will notify those who have registered for this bus and let them know what the increased rate will be to fully fund their bus route. AMSA also reserves the right to discontinue any bus route with insufficient ridership. Your 25% deposit is non-refundable unless the route is discontinued.
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Price Chart |
Zone A Hudson |
Zone B Clinton, Maynard, Shrewsbury |
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one way |
round trip |
one way |
round trip |
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1 child |
$1,022.00 |
$1,363.00 |
$1,892.00 |
$2,530.00 |
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2 or more children-price is per child |
$865.00 |
$1,157.00 |
$1,611.00 |
$2,152.00 |
Any student, who applies to ride the regional bus and is qualified as a free or reduced lunch student, will receive financial assistance according to AMSA’s financial assistance policy. This qualification must be current at the time of application. All those who are qualified for free or reduced lunch must re-apply when the new free or reduced lunch application is sent out in August. If your free/reduced application is denied, you will owe the bus fee at that time.
Preliminary bus routes are listed below. Please note these are subject to change depending on ridership. A survey will be sent out at a later date to determine what bus stop you will be using.
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NORTH-EAST |
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Maynard, Hudson |
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7:00 AM |
Maynard: Elmwood St./Bancroft St. |
3:40 PM |
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7:02 AM |
Maynard: 212 Great R, Rt 117 (Boy & Girls Club) |
3:38 PM |
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7:03 AM |
Maynard: Corner Of Great R, Rt 117 and Espie Ave. |
3:34 PM |
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7:04 AM |
Maynard: 12 Great Rd, Rt 62 (Erickson's Dairy) |
3:32 PM |
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7:12 AM |
Hudson: Wilkins St (Assabet River Rail Trail) |
3:26 PM |
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7:15AM |
Hudson: Forest Ave/Richardson St (Forest Ave Elementary) |
3:18 PM |
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7:20 AM |
Hudson: Tower St/Welsh St |
3:13 PM |
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AMSA Charter School, 201 Forest St, Marlborough |
2:57 PM |
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7:35 AM |
AMSA Charter School, 201 Forest St, Marlborough |
2:40 PM |
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NORTH-WEST |
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Shrewsbury, Boylston, Clinton, Berlin, Hudson |
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6:18 AM |
Shrewsbury: 571 Boston Turnpike (Staples - side parking lot) |
4:24 PM |
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6:45 AM |
Clinton: 561 Water St (Savage Field) |
4:08 PM |
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PM only |
Hudson: Laurel Dr/Glen Dr |
3:46 PM |
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7:00 AM |
Hudson: Laurel Dr/Falls Brook Rd |
3:47 PM |
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7:04 AM |
Hudson: Central St/Green St |
3:30 PM |
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7:06 AM |
Hudson: Packard St (Farley School Field) |
3:27 PM |
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7:10 AM |
Hudson: Pleasant St/Felton St (First United Methodist Church) |
3:23 PM |
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7:14 AM |
Hudson: Cox St/Old Stow Rd (Brothers Pizza) |
3:18 PM |
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7:23 PM |
Hudson: Brigham St/Curley Dr |
3:09 PM |
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7:25 AM |
Hudson: Chapin Rd/Ordway Rd |
3:07 PM |
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7:26 AM |
Hudson: Chapin Rd/Hickory Lane |
3:08 PM |
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AMSA Charter School, 201 Forest St, Marlborough |
2:57 PM |
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7:35 AM |
AMSA Charter School, 201 Forest St, Marlborough |
2:40 PM |
Marlborough Busing 2020-2021
Marlborough Bus Routes -- for April 28 - June 16, 2021
The above Marlborough Bus Routes is for students who will be returning to in-person learning at AMSA from April 28 - June 16, 2021.
The Department of Education developed the transportation guidance through collaboration with infectious disease physicians, pediatricians, and public health and the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. They also consulted with the Massachusetts COVID-19 Command Center’s Medical Advisory Board, comprised of physicians and other health experts, which carefully reviewed the health and safety requirements for bus transportation.
The following core practices will support safe school bus operations this school year:
- Masks - All staff and students on the bus, regardless of age, are required to wear masks at all times.
- Students should maintain a minimum of three feet of distance with masks on while waiting at bus stops.
- Ventilation - Keep windows open at all times during operation at least two inches. In adverse weather conditions, every other window can be opened
- Seat assignments - Students will be assigned to a single bus and a particular seat. Children from the same household will be assigned seats together. Please see the attached seating chart.
- As students board the bus, occupy seats starting from the rear of the bus and fill sequentially to the front. Upon arrival at school, the bus will be unloaded in a controlled manner, starting from the front of the bus and emptying sequentially to the back.
- Students should face forward at all times and refrain from eating, shouting, singing, or sharing items while in transit.
Regional Busing 2020-2021
Registration for Regional Busing for the remainder of the 2020-21 school year is now closed. Buses are at maximum capacity.
Buses serve our regional core towns of Hudson, Maynard, and Clinton along with an additional stop in Shrewsbury. For more information on the updated (2/11/2021) Department of Elementary and Secondary Education transportation guidance, please visit here.
All bus stops are subject to change. Please note that we will reconfigure the routes once ridership has been finalized. Please contact Liana McLaren at l.mclaren@amsacs.org with any questions.
Carpools
AMSA has partnered with CarpooltoSchool to give parents a safe, secure, easy way to start or join a carpool. You can now connect online with other AMSA families at an exclusive AMSA carpool webpage to create carpools for taking kids to/from school, extracurricular activities, and events. There is no cost to you for this service. It is being offered for free by AMSA to help make scheduling easier for our families in the many communities where they reside.
Features include a secure matching service integrated with Google maps, scheduling, and built-in text messaging to remind parents when it's their turn to drive. All searching and communication between parents takes place on CarpooltoSchool’s secure website and mobile apps. Only AMSA families are allowed to have access to AMSA's carpool website and mobile apps.
How Does It Work?
- Create a profile on our CarpooltoSchool login page or mobile apps, which you can download at Apple Store or Google Play.
- Once you create a profile, you can do a search to "Find a match" based on the number of miles away from your home and the type of pool you are looking for (to/from school, sports team, etc.). Potential matches are displayed with estimated distances from your home.
- To contact any potential matches, you send a carpool invitation through CarpooltoSchool's internal email system. Personal emails are not shared. Addresses are shared only after a carpool is accepted. (Likewise, if you receive a carpool invitation, your address is not shared until you accept an invitation.)
- Through a personal dashboard, you keep track of carpools you are in, invitations you have received, and other information and tools.
Should you have any technical difficulties or questions (or wish to be removed from the service), please contact CarpooltoSchool directly by calling 800-514-3808, emailing custserv@carpooltoschool.com or Live Chat on the web app. Other questions can be sent to Lynn McCluskey at l.mccluskey@amsacs.org.