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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Buses sitting in traffic are a huge pollution issue. That is an issue too.  Not just distance.[/quote]

I agree. Let's make it safe for kids to walk to school, so that MCPS doesn't have to bus kids who live in walking distance of their schools.[/quote]
I'm quite glad that my 14 yr old doesn't have to walk to the HS that is closer to us and instead takes a bus (not to a W school).  It's pretty dark outside still at 7:10am when DC leaves the house. And when the snow starts, even worse.  The walkpath they would use isn't shoveled in a timely manner.[/quote]

HE IS 14!!!!!  :lol:    Good Lord. :roll:   Time to cut the umbilical cord lady.  What a bunch of helicopters raising this new generation. Walking to school is healthy and reduces stress and absolutely every kid that can walk SHOULD walk.  Even in snow.  That is what snow boots are for.  We are destroying this planet with minivans idled at bus stops, carpool lanes full of kids who aren't walking a few blocks, and buses are half empty because parents take their snowflakes themselves.

Here is a requirement for starting [b]1st grade[/b] in 1979:

8. Can he/she travel alone in the neighborhood (four to eight blocks) to store, school, playground, or to a friend's home?

http://www.chicagonow.com/little-kids-big-city/2011/08/is-your-child-ready-for-first-grade-1979-edition/

I think it's time your 14yr old can walk in the dark in some snow.  [/quote]
Snow gets piled onto that sidewalk.  I'm glad DCs don't have to try to walk through that piled up snow to get to school in the near dark.  Then there are those parents who drive their HSers to school because they have to cross major roads like the Pike to get to school. I wouldn't want my child to cross that road either. So glad DCs take the bus to school rather than have to walk unsafe sidewalks.  [/quote]

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