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i <br />Park and Walk Program <br />This program is designed to encourage families to <br />park several blocks from school and walk the rest of <br />the way to school. Not all students are able to walk <br />or bike the whole distance to school; they may live <br />too far away or their route may include hazardous <br />traffic situations. This program gives students who <br />are unable to walk or bike to school a chance to <br />participate in Safe Routes to School programs. It also <br />helps reduce traffic congestion at the school. <br />The team leading the effort should coordinate with <br />St Anthony Middle School to identify parking lots <br />within close proximity to the school that are <br />typically vacant or underutilized during school <br />drop-off and pick-up times. <br />A Park and Walk program engages students who live too <br />far to walk or hike the whole distance to school. <br />This program can also be developed to include students who are typically bussed. School administration can <br />work with local property owners to receive permission to use the parking lots as a park and walk and recruit <br />volunteers/parents to walk with the children. This process may require substantial coordination/recruitment <br />time and a variety of promotional materials to increase participation. <br />Walking school buses can be used in combination with park and walk programs to allow students to walk to <br />school with their peers if parents are unable to walk with their children and have concerns about them <br />walking to school alone. To begin the program, Wilshire Park can coordinate a park and walk effort in tandem <br />with a walk to school day. <br />Wilshire Park Elementary School Safe Routes to School Plan 121 <br />