...about the future of the environment. Coleman middle school students encouraged parents waiting in the pick up line not to idle while waiting for their children to be released from school.
As we restructure our transportation department and are not offering as much courtesy bussing more parents are driving their children to and from school. The unintended consequences of this is more cars in the pick up line in the afternoon.
What a great thing these kids are doing in getting people to think about the impact of sitting idling for 15 minutes to half an hour in front of the school every day.
Read the SP Times article here.
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Isn't this just addressing ONE symptom rather than THE cause?
Wouldn't
A)a return to neighborhood schools,
B)a reduction of special assignments,
C)the students agreeing to WALK to school,
D)the students agreeing to accept the responsibility for their own safety
E)the students buddying up with younger students for safety reasons,
F)the district working with the county and city in hiring more crossing guards with the money saved from NOT running buses,
G)providing more bike racks for students,
H)the district keeping this philosophy in mind when making decisions affecting schools,
I)students signing a "no-whining" pact with their parents when they tire of walking or riding to school,
actually DO more?
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