Walking School Bus Video

I found this great video on YouTube about walking school busses. I'm hoping to produce something similar in Omaha soon... but in the mean time, here is a good one that was made at an elementary school in Seattle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td7jRsmneds

Dundee Elementary put a nice display in the school lobby to organize their walking school busses.

Walk and Roll the only option!

Here is a link to an interesting article about a school in Toronto that just opened recently.  The principal has designated it a "walking only" school as "...part of a broader initiative at the Halton District School Board to stop traffic jams around schools and get students moving."  They've set up walking school busses from designated points, among other things.

Parents often cite weather as a barrier that keeps their kids from walking to school.  If they can get it done in Canada, surely we can get it done in Omaha!   What can we learn from their great example?

Thanks, Columbian!

Thanks to the Columbian Elementary PTO for having us out last night to talk about Walk 'n Roll to School!  Columbian is a great neighborhood school with some awesome potential for walking school busses starting at a designated drop off area. 

Now is a great time to start thinking about the potential for spring.  Church parking lots make excellent locations for walking school bus starting points - publish the location and starting time for your Walk 'n Roll days...instant walking school bus!