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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had no idea it was so controversial to like to incorporate a walk with your kids into your day.  Walking to the elementary school with my kids is one of my favorite things about where we live.  It's just nice to get out in the morning and walk and chat with people.  It links me to my community.  It's feels far less stressful than getting in a vehicle and [b]punting your progeny out into the street while someone yells at you to hurry up and reminds you not to touch them.  [/b]

But yeah, the people across the street from us are zoned for a different elementary school even though they're 2.5 blocks away from the one we walk to.  The way APS draws boundaries is bananas and if you're a walker now, you might not be a walker a year from now.

For actual advice that OP asked for, we like the Westover neighborhood, OP.  Schools are fine.  [/quote]

Just as another point of view, my child bussed for all of elementary and our bus stop was a real social hub.  I met all my neighbors that way.  The kids really bonded too.   Very community building.  I think many people have never been on a bus route and don't know what it's really like so just adding the perspective.

The bolded portion of the PP's response is confusing to me and I don't know what this means.[/quote]

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You can still walk to the bus stop with your child and get out and socialize with members of your neighborhood community. You aren't going to walk your middle or high schooler, and you aren't going to accompany them to the bus stop, either. So "walkability" is primarily thrown out there to retain elementary boundaries. People only know what they have and don't understand that there are similar benefits, or different advantages, to the ways other people know.

We're just outside the walk zone for our elementary school. I was grateful for the two block walk to the bus stop, hanging out with the kids and parents until the bus came, and being back home a few minutes afterward. I would not have walked the 25-minute walk with two little kids in tow and then back again every morning - rain, sleet, or snow. Of course, APS doesn't go to school in the rain, so maybe I should just say hot or cold.  Point is, walking is only a real thing if you're a 5-10 minute walk to the school. And even then, not necessarily. I knew people who lived ADJACENT to the school grounds but DROVE their kids because they dropped them off on their way to work. Seriously?![/quote]

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