​On Wednesday, May 13th, we will kick off our WES Bike Bus – a group ride that gives kids a safer way to bike to school. Check out the detailed route information here. Please note - we ask that each child or sibling group be accompanied by an adult. To connect with your neighborhood group, contact Karla Testa if you live near Beatty Road, Wisteria or Winding Lane, Meg Stine or Dan Green for Grandview/Plush Mill Road, Erin Stancill for Rose Valley/Moylan, Vanessa Thomas for the Country Club area and Martroy/Sykes and Tesla DuBois for South Media/Wallingford Ave. Departure times will be finalized within neighborhood groups.

 

If you would like to participate in biking or walking to school without completing the full route, please meet at the Helen Kate Furness Library parking lot between 8 and 8:15am. There, you can join other WES families and complete the final leg to WES!

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BIKE BUS GUIDELINES

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Please keep the following in mind to help the Bike Bus run as smoothly as possible for kids, parents and WES Staff.

• Each child (or sibling group) must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

• Please make your own arrangements for biking home or transporting your bikes home.

• Please bring a bike lock and/or know that WSSD is not responsible for bikes left on the property. You may lock up to the bike rack or nearby fence.

• You may want to consider testing the route with your family in advance.

• Please send a yellow note or submit in PowerSchool if your child's dismissal will change, i.e, they normally take the bus home but will be riding home with you today.

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BIKE BUS ROUTE INFO

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Beatty Road/Wisteria/Winding Lane Route

 
Parent Contact: Amanda Hemmer
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Stops*

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1. Parkridge Drive at Beatty Road

2. Wisteria Lane at Hidden Acres cut through

3. Twyckenham Road at Hidden Acres

4. Quaint Road at Surrey Road

5. Gouley Park on Plush Mill Road

6. Helen Kate Furness Library parking lot (families who would like to walk or bike for just this final leg can meet here).

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​*Or join the route at the point closest to your home​

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Route

 

• Follow Surrey Road to Beatty Road

• Follow Beatty Road to Chesley Road

• Follow Chesley Road to Grandview Road

• Cross Baltimore Pike at Grandview Road

• Grandview Road to Locust Lane

• Locust Lane to cut through to Gouley Park

• Walk bikes along cut through area to Gouley Park

• Plush Mill to Colonial Drive

• Right on Dogwood Lane

• Cut through from Dogwood Lane to Green Valley Road

• From Green Valley, turn right on Blackthorn Road

• Turn Right on Furness Lane and stop at HKF Library Parking Lot to meet others

• Depart library parking lot around 8:15

• Walk or bike south on Providence

• Turn left on Possum Hollow Road

• Turn right on Kershaw Road

• Turn right into WES back entrance

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Grandview/Plush Mill Route

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Parent Contact: Meg Stine

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Stops*

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1. Grandview Road and Locust Lane

2. Gouley Park on Plush Mill Road

3. Helen Kate Furness Library parking lot (families who would like to walk or bike for just this final leg can meet here).

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​*Or join the route at the point closest to your home​

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Route

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• Locust Lane to cut through to Gouley Park

• Walk bikes along cut through area to Gouley Park

• Plush Mill to Colonial Drive

• Right on Dogwood Lane

• Follow path from Dogwood to Providence.

• Walk bikes on Providence to Green Valley Road

• From Green Valley, turn right on Blackthorn Road

• Turn Right on Furness Lane and stop at HKF Library Parking Lot to meet others

• Depart library parking lot around 8:15

• Walk or bike south on Providence

• Turn left on Possum Hollow Road

• Turn right on Kershaw Road

• Turn right into WES back entrance

 

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Rose Valley/Moylan

Parent Contacts: Erin Stancill, Shawn Stancill, Mike Diamond, Jessie Shaver

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Stops*

 

1. Woodward Road at RV/Moylan SEPTA Station

2. Possum Hollow Road at W. Rose Valley Road

3. Possum Hollow Road at Rabbit Run Road

4. Possum Hollow Road at Fox Lane

5. Possum Hollow Road at Woodward Road

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​*Or join the route at the point closest to your home​

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Route

 

• From Woodward Road, Rabbit Run Road, Possum Hollow Road or Brookside Road, head toward the intersection of Woodward Road and Possum Hollow.

• From Possum Hollow & Woodward, continue on Possum Hollow to Providence

• Cross Providence and continue on Possum Hollow to Kershaw Road.

• Turn right on Kershaw and right into WES back entrance

Country Club

Parent Contact: Vanessa Thomas

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Stops*

 

1. E. Country Club at Smithfield Road

2. Golfview Road at Palmers Lane

3. Palmers Lane at Copples

4. Martroy Cul de Sac

5. Sykes Lane at Kershaw Rd​

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*Or join the route at the point closest to you home

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Route 

 

• E. Country Club at Smithfield to Palmers

• Stops at Golfview and Copples

• Turn left on Copples

• Copples to the Middle School parking lot

• Bike through the lower parking lot to the upper parking lot and around the fields (behind dentist office)

• End at Martroy Cul de Sac

• Martroy to Sykes stop at Kershaw

• Continue on Kershaw, crossing Brookhaven Road with caution

• Turn left into WES back entrance

 

South Media/Wallingford Avenue

Parent Contact: Elisabeth Roessner

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Stops*

 

1. Forrest Street at Wallingford Ave.

2. Fildes Lane at Wallingford Ave.

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*Or join the route at the point closest to your home

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Route

 

• From Fildes Lane & Wallingford Ave, take Wallingford Ave toward Providence Road

• From Wallingford Ave and Providence Road, turn right on Providence Road

• Left on Furness Lane and stop at HKF Library Parking Lot to meet others

• Depart library parking lot around 8:15

• Stop traffic and walk/bike to school on Providence Road with the group

• Walk or bike south on Providence

• Turn left on Possum Hollow Road

• Turn right on Kershaw Road

• Turn right into WES back entrance

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