Be on the lookout for groups of kids taking the long way to their classroom Wednesday morning.
It's International Walk to School Day and at least six Lawrence elementary schools have groups of students planning to get outside and using their legs to start of their day of learning.
Walk to School Day was started to promote children’s health, improve air quality and the environment and to create safer routes for kids who walk or bike to school more than once a year.
Comments
Danimal 3 years, 7 months ago
Shows how much the world has changed in the last couple decades. I used to walk or ride my bike to school pretty much everyday when I was a kid. Now kids need it to be a special day to do so. Heck, in the Eastern US some districts even prohibit kids from walking or riding their bikes to school.
Easy_Does_It 3 years, 7 months ago
Since the district stopped funding the bus service which I had to pay for anyway my kid walks 2.49 miles each way everyday. She almost was ran over by the very same bus she used to ride but no longer can the other day. I did attend Free State's homecoming at the new football stadium the other day though. Nice I mean real nice, Lew Perkins kind of nice.
Did_I_say_that 3 years, 7 months ago
Wasn't a local version of this planned last year with the budget cuts?
Sulla 3 years, 7 months ago
Yeah and these Educator geniuses hire a 'Wellness Coordinator' to come up with walk to school,one day. That's your local yokel tax dollars at works, folks!
sad_lawrencian 3 years, 7 months ago
This whole idea of a "Walk to School Day" is really stupid. I can think of a dozen reasons why kids should not be walking to school if there is transportation (school bus, carpool, etc) available to take them.
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