Transportation | Plymouth Meeting Friends School - Plymouth Meeting Friends School

Student transportation to and from school is generally by car or school bus. The majority of students come from within a 10-mile radius of the PMFS campus located at the intersection of Germantown & Butler Pikes.

Public school districts in Pennsylvania provide busing for every resident child who attends a non-public school within ten miles of their home school district’s boundary—not the student’s residence. There is no out-of-pocket cost to parents for this service; the cost is covered by resident taxes. Busing is available to First to Sixth grade students for Philadelphia residents and to Kindergarten through Sixth Grade students in most other area districts (Jenkintown does not bus any students).

Busing is obtained by contacting the Transportation Office of your public school district of residence. To ensure your child has access to bus transportation for the coming school year, you must complete a registration form for your respective district. Please complete the registration and send it to your school district’s transportation department. Here are the public school districts presently busing to PMFS for the 2017-18 school year; the list has included others in the past:

When students arrive at Plymouth Meeting Friends School by bus, they are greeted by a faculty member. School begins at 8:00 am for Kindergarten through Sixth grade and 8:15 am for Pre-K.

Plymouth Meeting Friends School is also accessible by public transportation. SEPTA’s L bus travels from Mount Airy, Wyndmoor, Chestnut Hill, and other points west of the school and stops at the intersection of Germantown Pike and Butler Pike, right outside the school’s walls.