Walking School Buses starting up for the 2013-2014 School Year!

The WALKING SCHOOL BUS rolls again next week on Wednesday, Oct. 9, which happens to be International Walk To School Day!

 

Walking School Buses are adult-supervised groups of children walking along fixed routes, ending at Rodgers Forge Elementary on Wednesday mornings. 

To join in, simply find the route on the map below that is closest to your home. The “bus” starts at the outermost point on the route at 8:30 a.m. (8:40 at Stanmore and Lanark), reaching school at 8:45.

It's good exercise, saves gas and visibly encourages motorists instead to walk their children to school. Plus, it builds community, and it's fun.

Walking School Buses run every Wednesday.

“Bus Drivers” are your friends and neighbors who take turns once or twice a month. Safety flags and posters make the group more visible to vehicles. 

For more information or to sign up, e-mail to rodgersforgebus@gmail.com.

It may not work for you to “drive the bus.” But you can always send your child along on Walking Wednesdays.

Get on the bus!

The WALKING SCHOOL BUS STARTS on WEDNESDAY!

Get on the bus!

Walking School Buses are adult-supervised groups of children walking along fixed routes, ending at Rodgers Forge Elementary on Wednesday mornings. (Find a route with the map on back.) The “bus” starts at the outermost point on the route at 8:30 a.m. and arrives at school at 8:45.

Walking School Buses will run March 6 and 20.

Starting after spring break in April,

the “bus” will run every Wednesday

for the rest of the school year.

“Bus Drivers” are your friends and neighbors who take turns one or two times a month. They will have safety flags and posters to make the group more visible to vehicles. For more information or to sign up,

contact Will Morton at 410-377-2967 or willmortoniv@gmail.com.

It may not work for you to “drive the bus.”

But you can always send your child along on Walking Wednesdays.

Below is the map of walking bus routes:

Walking School Bus "Drivers" Needed

Hello, friends and neighbors,

The Safe Routes to School Committee is working to get "walking school buses" going on a regular basis in Rodgers Forge. You might remember seeing this on the first Wednesday last October where adults shepherded groups of kiddos along proscribed routes. The idea is to encourage walking to school by having big visible groups walking on a regular basis. 

Would you consider being a walking school bus "driver" once or twice a month? 

In March, we aim to have walking school buses on the first and third Wednesdays (2/6, 2/20). Then after spring break, the plan calls for walking school buses every Wednesday (starting 4/10) through the end of the year (6/12). The job would entail shepherding kiddos along the routes and delivering them to school, like so many of you already do anyway.

The idea would be that you start at the end of the route, which might involve a little backtracking from your house. 

Please direct related questions to Will Morton at willmortoniv (at) gmail (dot) com or 410-377-2967.