What is a walking school bus?
A Walking School Bus is a group of children walking together to or from school with one or more adults. It works like this: an adult or group of adults begin walking along a designated route to or from school. As they walk, they make “bus stops” and “pick up” or “drop off” other children along the way.
A walking school bus is a fun and environmentally effective way to get kids to school in the morning. It’s certainly safer for kids who would otherwise walk alone to school, and may be very effective when there are multiple children in a neighborhood close to school. Instead of providing a school bus to bus children short distances, parent groups or even neighborhood groups may decide to have several adults assigned to walk to school with groups of children that live nearby. It provides exercise and security without debt to the environment. For a walking school bus to be effective you need to have an adequate number of children that live nearby, and a large enough group of parents or volunteers that will help supervise children. Suggestions vary as to how many parents should supervise a certain amount of kids. Some people suggest that a varied age group of children should have one adult per six kids, but that if most of the children are kindergarten age or younger, supervision might be
