Norwood School Bus Routes and Schedules Announced-August 27, 1976

The Norwood school administration released the official, unabridged bus schedules, stop locations, and route details for Norwood High School, Junior High South, Junior High North, St. Catherine’s School, and public elementary school kindergartens for the 1976–77 academic year.

General Schedule and Daily Timing

• Senior High School First Stops: 7:15 a.m., 7:50 a.m., and 8:45 a.m.
• Junior High Schools: 7:25 a.m.
• St. Catherine’s School: 7:50 a.m.
• Elementary Schools: 8:20 a.m.

Norwood High School Routes

• Trip A Stops: Neponset Street at Westview Drive; Dean Street across from Richland Road; Dean Street across Tamworth Road.
• Trip B Stops: Clapboardtree Street at Xaverian High School lot; Everett Street midway; Washington Street at Margaret Street; Washington Street at Forbes Avenue; Washington Street and Acorn Street.
• Trip C Stops: Washington and Acorn Streets.
• Trip D Stops: Neponset Street at Cherrywood Drive; Neponset Street at Norton Drive; Norton Drive at Robinwood Road; Wedgewood Drive at Deerfield Road; Dean Street and Ridgewood Drive; Dean Street and Windsor Road; Yarmouth Road at Harrow Road; Albemarle Road at Harrow Road; Albemarle Road at Malvern Road; Malvern Road at Yarmouth Road. (Serves Yarmouth Road and Albemarle Road areas).
• Trip K Stops: Burnley Road at Harrow Road; Burnley Road at Surrey Road; Burnley Road at Malvern Road; Albemarle Road midway Devon Road; Devon Road at Yarmouth Road. (Serves Albemarle Road, Croydon Road, Burnley Road, and Yarmouth Road areas).
• Trip L Stops: Westover Parkway at Eden Road; Warwick Road at Devon Road; Oakleigh Road at Devon Road; Harrow Road at Croydon Road; Greenwich Road at Croydon Road. (Serves Yarmouth and Burnley Road areas).

Junior High South Routes

• Trip M Stops: 600 Neponset St. and Ridgewood Road; Ridgewood Drive midway Neponset Street and Access Road; Ridgewood Drive at Glenoe Road; Ridgewood Drive at Coral Lane; Ridgewood Drive and Neponset Street opposite 744; Neponset Street at Hemlock Street. (Serves Ridgewood Drive, Azalea Drive, and Meadow Street area).
• Trip E Stops: Bristol Drive at Plymouth Drive; Suffolk Drive at Sumner Street; Sumner Street at Union Street; Union Street at Pleasant Street; Washington Street at Rockhill Street.
• Trip N Stops: Azalea Drive at Meadow Street; Meadow Street at Juniper Drive; Juniper Drive at Kenwood Drive; Kenwood Drive at Azalea Drive; Dean Street at Lancaster Road; Dean Street at Windsor Road. (Serves Juniper Drive and Windsor Road areas).
• Trip T Stops: Walpole Street at Laurel Road; Nichols Street at Leyton Road; Nichols Street and Geraldine Drive; Geraldine Drive at Kathleen Lane; Kathleen Lane at Fisher Street; Senior High School at Rotary; Winter Street at Walpole Street. (Serves Leyton Road, Nichols Street, and Geraldine Drive area).
• Trip U Stops: Arnold Road at Audubon Road; Audubon Road at Sixth Street; Arnold Road at Sixth Street. (Serves Arnold Road and Audubon Road areas).
• Trip F Stops: Neponset Street at Fisher Garden; Neponset Street at North Plain Street; Dean Street across Richland Road; Dean Street and Windsor Road.

Junior High North Routes

• Trip G Stops: Everett Street midway East Route 1; Washington Street at Everett Street; David Terrace at Margaret Street; Ellis Avenue at David Terrace; Washington Street at Bird Road. (Serves Ellis Avenue, David Terrace, Everett Street, and Bird Road areas).
• Trip H Stops: Clapboardtree Street at Xaverian High School lot; Codman Road at Cameron Road; Codman Road midway to Eaton Road; Codman Road at Eaton Road; Codman Road at Forbes Avenue; Codman Road at Madelyn Road. (Serves Codman-Cameron Road area).
• Trip I Stops: Washington Street at Acorn Street; Neponset Street at Carpenter Street; Neponset Street at Jefferson Drive; Neponset Street between both ends Bahama Drive; Neponset Street at Rock Street. (Serves Washington Street, Neponset Street, and Nassau Gardens areas).
• Trip J Stops: Yarmouth Road at Croydon Road.
• Trip O Stops: Neponset Street at Cherrywood Drive; Neponset Street at Norton Drive; Norton Drive at Robinwood Drive; Wedgewood Drive at Deerfield Road; Deerfield Road at Norton Drive; Dean Street at Glendale Road. (Serves Norton Drive and Glendale Road area).
• Trip P Stops: Neponset Street at North Plain Street; Neponset Street at East Cross Street; Neponset Street at Westview Drive. (Serves Longwood Terrace area).
• Trip Q Stops: Dean Street at Tamworth Road; Tamworth Road at Cranmore Road; Cranmore Road at Richland Road; Dean Street at Richland Road. (Serves Richland Road area).
• Trip R Stops: Pleasant Street at East Cross Street; East Cross Street at Sixth Street; Sixth Street at Gay Street; Gay Street at Second Street. (Serves East Cross Street and Gay Street areas).
• Trip S Stops: Orleans Road at Chatham Road East; Orleans Road at Chatham Road West; Walpole Street at Hillshire Lane. (Serves Orleans Road and Hillshire Lane area).
• Trip V Stops: Sumner Street at Bristol Drive; Sumner Street at Suffolk Drive; Sumner Street at Union Street; Coach Lane and Millbrook Loop; Union Street midway Route 1. (Serves Sumner Street, Union Street, and Northview area).
• Trip W Stops: Pleasant Street at Allen Road; Pleasant Street at Willow Street; Jacobsen Drive at Redwood Drive; Jacobsen Drive at Dean Street. (Serves Pleasant Street South area).
• Trip X Stops: Wilson Street midway Morningside Drive; Wilson Street at Morningside Drive; Arcadia Road at Rosedale Road; Countryside Lane at Dell Road; Countryside Lane number 45; Countryside Lane at Garden Parkway. (Serves Rustic Acres area).
• Trip Y Stops: Croydon Road at Devon Road; Devon Road at Inverness Road; Devon Road at Harrow Road; Devon Road at Greenwich Road; Devon Road at Nottingham Drive; Nottingham Drive at Sherwood Drive; Sherwood Drive at Canterbury Drive. (Serves Hearthstone area).
• Trip Z Stops: 538 Walpole St.; Buckminster Drive at Coventry Drive; Buckminster Drive turnaround; Buckminster Drive at Wickham Way; Walpole Street at Davis Avenue; Walpole Street at Endicott Street; Walpole Street at Woodbine Road. (Serves Windsor Garden area).
• Trip Z-1 Stops: Pleasant Street at Birch Street; Pleasant Street at Hillside Street; Pleasant Street at Meadowbrook Road. (Serves Pleasant Street North area).

St. Catherine’s School Routes

• Trip A-1 Stops: 600 Neponset St. at Ridgewood Drive; 235 Ridgewood Drive; Ridgewood Drive at Access Road; Ridgewood Drive at Coral Lane; Azalea Drive at Kenwood Drive; 760 Ridgewood Drive; Neponset Street at Hemlock; 714 Neponset St. (Serves Ridgewood Drive area).
• Trip B-1 Stops: Jacobsen Drive at Lynwood Drive; Dean Street at Pleasant Street; Pleasant Street at Sunset Avenue; Pleasant Street at Sumner Street; Hampden Drive at Plymouth Drive; Sumner Street at Union Street; Allendale Parkway at third fire hydrant; Washington Street across Tremont; Washington Street at Heaton Avenue. (Serves Sumner Street and Union Street area and Jacobsen Drive and Allendale Parkway area).
• Trip C-1 Stops: Tamworth and Dean Street; Tamworth and Cranmore Road; Cranmore Road and Richland Road; Richland Road at Dean Street; Norton Drive at Neponset Street; Norton Drive at Robinwood Road; Wedgewood and Deerfield Road; midway on Deerfield Road; midway on Norton Drive; Edgehill at Glendale Road; Edgehill at Lancaster Lane; Windsor Road at Dean Street. (Serves Norton Drive, Richmond Road, Edgehill Road, Access Road and numbered streets, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth).
• Trip D-1 Stops: Washington Street at Margaret Street; Margaret Street at David Terrace; Madelyn Road at Codman Road; Neponset Street at Carpenter Street; Neponset Street midway to Jefferson Drive; Neponset Street Bahama Drive; Neponset Street at North Plain Street; East Cross Street at Longwood Terrace; Longwood Terrace at Elda Drive; Longwood Terrace at Westview Road. (Serves Codman, Cameron Road area, and Longwood Terrace area).
• Trip E-1 Stops: Fourth Street at Gay Street; Arnold Road at West Border Road; Audubon Road at Sixth Street; Arnold Road at Sixth Street; Sunnyside Road at Gay Street. (Serves Arnold Road and Audubon Road area).
• Trip F-1 Stops: East Cross Street at Second Street; Gay Street at Second Street; Gay Street at Sunnyside Road; Pleasant Street at Hillside Avenue; Sunnyside Road at Lawndale; Woodland Road at Hillside Avenue; Woodland Road at Birch Road; Birch Road at Sunnyside Road. (Serves Sunnyside and Pellam Road area).
• Trip G-1 Stops: Harrow Road at Croydon Road; Croydon Road at Yarmouth Road; Harrow Road at Yarmouth Road; Albemarle Road near number 117; Yarmouth Road at Malvern Road; Nichols Street at Leyton Road; Nichols Street between Berwick Place and Fisher Street; Shattuck Park at Nichols Street; Shattuck Park Road at Bellevue Avenue; Winter Street and Spruce Road at both ends; Spruce Road at Lincoln Street. (Serves Shady Harbor and Hearthstones area).
• Trip H-1 Stops: Walpole Street, flashing light near Geraldine Drive; 28 Wilson St.; Arcadia Road at Wilson Street; Garden Parkway at Countryside Lane West; Garden Parkway at Countryside Lane East; Buckminster Drive at Walpole Street; Coach Lane and Millbrook Loop; Walpole Street at Davis Avenue; Walpole Street at Endicott Street; Walpole Street at Woodbine Road; Walpole Street at Hillshire Lane; Chapel Street at Bruce Road; Winslow Avenue at Walnut Avenue. (Serves Windsor Gardens, Rustic Acres, and Plimpton Estate areas).

Balch School & General Kindergarten Bus Routes

• Balch School Trip 11 Stops: 67 Sumner Street; Sumner Street and Route 1; Mill Pond Lane.
• General Kindergarten Dismissal/Midday Runs:
  • Bornwood and Jacobsen Drives; Pleasant and Dean Streets; Pleasant Street and Birch Road; Willow and Franklin Streets; Lenox Street and Lenox Avenue; Lenox Avenue and Pleasant Street; Sunnyside Road and Hillside Avenue; Lawndale and Woodland Roads; Pelland Road and Hillside Avenue; Pelland and Birch Roads; Dean Street and Pleasant Place; Pleasant Street and Northview Avenue; Pleasant and Sumner Streets.
  • Sumner Street midway to Route 1; 67 Sumner Street and Route 1 (last house before Raytheon); Bristol Drive and Sumner Street; Bristol and Plymouth Drives; Plymouth and Hampden Drives; Plymouth and Worcester Drives; Worcester and Hampden Drives; Hampden and Suffolk Drives; Suffolk Drive and Sumner Street; Coach and Mill Pond Lanes; Mill Pond Lane-north bend; Mill Pond Lane-east bend; Sumner and Union Streets; Coach Lane-Millbrook loop; Union Street midway to Route 1 (102); Union and Pleasant Streets; 1087 Pleasant Street.
• St. Catherine School Kindergarten:
  • K-1 (Out 11:15 a.m., Pickup 12:10 p.m.): 131 Hillside Avenue; 83 Woodlawn Road; 132 Hillside Avenue; 190 Dean Street; 126 Pellana Road; 47 Pelland Road; 32 Hampden Drive.
  • K-2 (Out 11:15 a.m., Pickup noon): Redwood and Jacobsen Drives.
  • K-3 (Out 11:10 a.m., Pickup noon): East Cross Street and Second Street; Fourth Street and Gay Street; Sixth Street and Arnold Road; Audubon Road; Arnold Road and Third Street; Woodland Road and Birch Road; Hillside Avenue; Washington Street and Tremont Street; Sumner Street and Union Street; Norton Drive and Deerfield Road; 600 Neponset Street; Neponset Street and Bahama Drive; Harrow Road and Croydon Road; 117 Albemarle Road; Yarmouth Road and Malvern Road; Windsor Gardens at the Common; Chapel Street and Bruce Road.
• Callahan School Kindergarten (K-4 Out 11:15 a.m., Pickup 12:10 p.m.): Clapboard Street turnaround; Washington Street opposite Margaret Street; Margaret Street and David Terrace; Codman Road and Cameron Road; Codman Road and Eaton Road; Codman Road and Forbes Avenue; Codman Road and Madelyn Road; Madelyn Road and Cameron Road; Forbes Avenue and Washington Street; Washington Street and Neponset Street; Neponset Street and Carpenter Street.
• Willett School Kindergarten (K-5 Out 11:15 a.m., Pickup 12:15 p.m.): Buckminster Drive and Coventry Lane; Buckminster Drive at turnaround; Buckminster Drive and Engamore Lane; townhouses at common; Buckminster Drive and Wickham Way; Buckminster Drive and Lansdowne Way.
• Oldham School Kindergarten (K-6 Out 11:15 a.m., Pickup 12:10 p.m.): Winter and Cypress Streets; Spruce and Lincoln Streets; Spruce Road and Brierwood Lane; Hickory and Spruce Roads; 362 Washington Street.
• Aaron Guild School Kindergarten (K-7 Out 11:15 a.m., Pickup 12:10 p.m.): Arnold Road and Audubon Road; Audubon Road and Sixth Street; Sixth Street and Gay Street; Sixth Street and East Cross Street; Gay Street and Fourth Street; Gay Street and Second Street; Rock Street and Monroe Street; Cross Street and Lenox Street; Lenox Street and Plimpton Avenue.
• Prescott School Kindergarten (K-8 Out 11:15 a.m., Pickup 12:20 p.m.): Neponset and Ridgewood Drive; Neponset and Northplain Street; 220 Ridgewood Drive.
• Cleveland School Kindergarten (K-9 Out 11:15 a.m., Pickup 12:10 p.m.): Orleans and Chatham Road (east); Orleans and Chatham Road (west); 29 Wilson Street; Wilson Street opposite 114; Morningside Drive (both ends); Arcadia Road and Wilson Street; Countryside Lane and Arcadia Road; 45 Countryside Lane; Countryside Lane and Garden Parkway; Fieldbrook Drive and Dell Road; Fieldbrook Drive and Garden Parkway; Walpole Street and Windsor Gardens; Walpole Street and Davis Avenue.
• Cleveland School Kindergarten (K-10 Out 11:15 a.m., Pickup 12:15 p.m.): Bond Street and Walpole Street; Bond Street and Beech Street; Bond Street and Nichols Street; Bellevue Avenue and Shattuck Park Road; Nichols Street and Cushing Road; Nichols Street and Elliot Street; Nichols Street and West Street; Nichols Street and Oak Road; Nichols Street and Rosemary Street; Walpole Street and Rosemary Street; Walpole Street and Walnut Avenue; Walpole Street and Elliot Street. (Additional kindergarten routes include Trip I-1 through Trip Z-1 covering Bond Street, Nichols Street, Shattuck Park, Wilson Street, Fieldbrook Drive, and Windsor Gardens areas).

Archival Note: This article has been dynamically reconstructed from the original public record print archives of the Patriot Ledger