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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would so much rather have my kid get 40 minutes of exercise walking to school than sit on a bus.

I get the bus when it saves time, but walking is better when it’s an option.[/quote]

You must not have a high school kid who has to get up so early to walk 40 min. They don’t get enough sleep already. [/quote]

I have 3 high schoolers.  I don’t see why 40 minutes of walking would mean getting up earlier than a 40 minute bus ride, and early morning exercise in the sun is great for resetting the biological clock.[/quote]

Let's say your kid needs to be at school 10 minutes before the first class bell. 7:35 am. Add in a 40 minute walk, but let's give 45 minutes to be safe. They leave at 6:55 am. That's before sunrise for a significant chunk of the school year. You want your child walking in the dark? They're not getting early morning exercise in the sun.[/quote]

We used to live a little bit under a mile away from a public bus stop.

While it was close, it wasn't a nice walk to do every day.

It was a factor for us in shopping for our next home and it's much nicer to be closer to a bus stop.

It's not just about getting exercise on a nice day.  It's also having to get to and from school when it's pouring or snowing.

I'd like to know if the posters saying that they'd be happy if their kids got the exercise every morning actually have their kids do the walk every day.  Or are they just saying hypothetically they'd be open to it.  It's a little bit different situation when someone actually has to do it.

Let's say kids are/or should be a little bit more resilient and we understand MCPS is trying to stretch things due to budget issues.  So a mile might be reasonable but once approaching two miles, depending on the walk, I think it becomes questionable.[/quote]

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