The 'subset' of students is middle-school and older who are eligible for busing. If you're in elementary school or in walking distance, the school won't buy you

The 'subset' of students is middle-school and older who are eligible for busing. If you're in elementary school or in walking distance, the school won't buy you a pass. It's opt-in and busing is the default, but from 6th grade on most kids take the T. I don't think driving your kids to school in Boston is unreasonable. Some school buses were chronically late, delivering kids to school up to an hour after the start of the first class. It may surprise you to learn that Boston is not Seattle. For example, the public schools here are the ones with antivaxxers and diseases you learned about playing Oregon Trail.