I think it's really hit and miss. We live about three miles from our kids' school which is Classical, but the nearest bus stop is approx. two miles away, roughly half way between us and the school, so we figure if we have to drive anyway, we might as well go the whole distance.

Three new K students in our neighborhood recently got into the school bringing the total to 7, and we tried hard to get a bus stop in our neighborhood, but they wouldn't grant one.

OTOH, I know of a kid in a building next door who goes to a different classical school who gets picked up right at the door.

I think the difference may be that the other kid's stop was approved a four or five years ago, whereas now the budget is severely constrained and they can no longer grant any new bus stops or are extremely restrictive about it.

just my 2 cents

Eric