Getting To Boston
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Day Students
Drop off begins at 8:30 am and ends at 9:00 am (when classes begin). Please drive to The Newman School at 247 Marlborough Street in Boston for drop off and pick up of day students.
Students may be picked up from 3:30 pm to 3:45 pm at 247 Marlborough Street. If students prefer to be picked up later, they can be picked up at 300 Newbury Street, which is the residential building. Students who choose to stay for this extended day option must be picked up by 5:00 pm.
If the parent has not arrived by 3:45, the students will go with the counselor to the residence campus and 300 Newbury Street.
Getting to The Newman School
Public Transportation
Copley Square: Green Line and MBTA Bus, 5-10 minute walk to Newman
Back Bay Station: Commuter Rail and Orange Line, 10-15 minute walk to Newman
Street Parking
Back Bay metered spaces: Clarendon, Dartmouth, Exeter, Fairfield, Gloucester, Hereford, Newbury, and certain blocks of Beacon and Commonwealth Ave.
Rates:
$3.75 per hour
Two hours maximum at most meters.
Accepted payments: quarters, Mastercard/Visa, and the ParkBoston app.
Nike Town Garage (617) 267-8731
5-minute walk to Newman
200 Newbury St. – enter on Exeter between Newbury and Boylston.
Copley Square: Green Line and MBTA Bus, 5-10 minute walk to Newman
Back Bay Station: Commuter Rail and Orange Line, 10-15 minute walk to Newman
Street Parking
Rates:
$3.75 per hour
Two hours maximum at most meters.
Accepted payments: quarters, Mastercard/Visa, and the ParkBoston app.
Residential Students
Arrival and Departure Dates & Times
Residential students typically arrive on the Sunday before their program begins and leave on Friday after the program concludes for the day.
Sunday registration will be at 300 Newbury Street in Boston from 2:00-6:00 pm.
Ground transportation shuttles, for students whose families elect to pay for the ground transportation package, can bring students from Logan International Airport to The Newman School and back.
Dorm Drop-Off:
The dorm drop-off area is at 300 Newbury Street in Boston. There is limited street parking. It would be best to drop the student off with their bags, park in the Nike Town Garage, and walk back to campus to rejoin them and check out the dorm!
Arrival by Car
Parents who are arriving by car may drop off their students between 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm on Sunday. Most parents arrive around 4:00 pm to give their students time to move in and to take a walk around Back Bay before the students have orientation at 7:00 pm. Parents who are picking up by car should do so on Friday at or after 4:00 PM
Arrival by Plane
The airport staff team will be at Logan International Airport between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm on the Sunday that students arrive. Students will check in with our staff and be driven to their campus by our hired shuttle service.
Students electing to use our ground transportation service at the end of their program to go back to Logan International Airport may do so on Friday afternoon between 4:00 and 4:30 pm.
Important Notes:
DO NOT book your student on an airline that considers them to be an “unaccompanied minor.” Airlines require “unaccompanied minors” to have an escort who will wait with them at the departure gate until the plane is in the air and they do not provide this service as part of the “unaccompanied minor” fee. The Boston Leadership Institute does not have the staff to provide, nor does the ground transportation package cover, an escort to meet students at, or accompany students to, the gate and wait, potentially hours, until the plane is in the air. Airline policies concerning the age at which a child is considered an unaccompanied minor vary widely. Most airlines require no escort for students who are 15 and over. Policies for students 12-14, however, vary widely by airline with some requiring no chaperones and other charging as much as $150 one-way for this service. Please check the policy of your airline in detail before booking.
Airline Departures:
For students using our ground transportation service, our scheduled cars will begin leaving campus between 4:00 and 4:30 on Friday.
Please keep in mind that Logan is a major airport and there is considerable distance from security check-points to some of the flight gates. Moreover, our programs are around 35-45 minutes from the airport even with good traffic and no construction or weather delays. A 6:00 am flight might mean leaving our program at 4am and waking at 3:30 am—the limousine company imposes a surcharge for early morning flights and we may be unable to arrange groups that early in the morning.
Parents are always welcome to arrange cabs on their own for students arriving and departing at flight times for which the ground transportation package cannot be offered.
The ground transportation fee can be paid for on our website here.
PLEASE ENTER YOUR FLIGHT INFORMATION ON YOUR CAMPMINDER ACCOUNT.