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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been walking my kids to elementary school for years, I understand busing in later years, but it is really enjoyable to just walk hand in hand with your kid.  [/quote]

[b]If I didn't have to get to work I would walk every day snow or shine or rain. Sadly those extra 40 minutes mean the difference between being employed or not. [/b]Before care is an option but then we have to wake up the kids at crack of dawn to allow walking[/quote]

This is my point, you are certainly not unique in this respect. And that is why, for many, "walk zone" does not really equate to actually walking, so it should be deprioritized for schools where this is more the norm, or walk zones should be scaled back to actually reflect those who could safely and do routinely walk to school (because it's not really making us greener or safer or whatever for families who live a little too far or across one too many busy intersections, but within the walk zone to drop off instead. The school administration knows whether walkers are really walking and could provide that data so we're not all just talking out of our a**es during boundary adjustments. If [b]90% of the students in a walk zone are in before care[/b] and being driven to school, does it make sense to prioritize I don't discount those who can and do walk their kids to school. It IS nice. We walked our kids to their preschool for years. Now they take a bus to ES because we live distinctly outside of the walk zone. But we walk them to the bus stop and wait with them there instead. Still a sweet little routine, even if we're not walking as far. For many families walking kids to school is a luxury and I suspect it's increasingly rare as there are more two working parent households than not. That's certainly been my observation. [/quote]

What does before care have to do with walking?  Whether or not I drop my kid off for before care or not I still walk him.  I get your overall point but this I didn't understand. And whether or not families walk in the early years many parents will let their kids walk home in 4th or 5th grade.  I walk my child to and from everyday but I can't wait till 5th grade when he can walk himself home.  [/quote]

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