If your kid(s) walk to/from school, how far do they walk?

[Anonymous]

My 14 year old son walks 30 minutes (1.5 miles) home from school. I am wondering how far other kids walk and if they walk both ways or just home? I worry about him walking in the morning because i don't want him to be late so I drive him and he walks the last 10 minutes.

[Anonymous]

We live in a neighborhood where all 3 school levels are less than a mile, if that.

My 6th grader walks about a quarter mile to her elementary school.

[Anonymous]

About 3/4 mile for 7th grader

[Anonymous]

My 1st and 3rd graders walk about .25 mile.

[Anonymous]

we are 1.2 miles from school. when I can, I walk with the kids but not alone yet--they are 6 and 8.

[Anonymous]

In ES my kids walk a little over a mile. For HS mine walk or ride their bikes 2.5 miles. MS is too far for these to be options.

[Anonymous]

My 3rd grader walks .8 miles to school. That's the only school we are close enough to walk to (others are over 2 miles away and lack sidewalks for large portions of the journey).

[Anonymous]

My DS doesn't walk by himself yet. We walk occasionally to school - it's about a mile. We're in a bus zone because there are a couple big streets to cross.

[Anonymous]

3yo and 8 yr old walk 1/2 mile with parent on the way to school. Usually driven home because the parent who typically picks up is doing so on the drive home from work.

[Anonymous]

We are .8 miles from our kids ES.

When the weather is nice we primarily walk - takes us between 12-20 minutes depending on how many things & people distract us.

Our 5th grader is allowed to walk and back forth by himself and was allowed to starting in 4th grade.

[Anonymous]

Our elementary school is .25 miles away, and the middle school and high school are .6 and .7, respectively. We bought in the neighborhood with this in mind.

[Anonymous]

ES is .1 miles away and we walk. Still takes 5-7 minutes. Middle school and HS are .75 miles away.

[Anonymous]

Elementary was about 1.2 miles with 2 main streets to crossed. DD was bused there. Middle was around a mile but we were told a bus was provided due to the main street issues. But she hated the bus and walked most days by the time she was in 7th grade.

[Anonymous]

14 year old DS walks 2.5 miles.

[Anonymous]

Elementary school is 0.8 miles away. We walk weather permitting. I would allow my kids to walk alone EXCEPT they have to cross an insanely busy street where pedestrians have been hit several times (one fatally) so I don’t trust the drivers to stop and it’s just a crosswalk, not a stop light. Hence I feel for their safety I have to walk with them. I’ve been fighting with the city of Alexandria for 5 years to add a light or stop signs, something, but the city refuses. And I don’t want them to NOT walk so I walk with them.