Questions and Comments From Parents

"We have a lot of pupils who come on the school bus so we are giving them a stamp card to take home so that their parents can record a walk with them at the weekends. In the past our bus children have felt excluded. we hope this will give them the same rewards as everyone else."

"How far is it reasonable to expect a primary school child to walk?"

"At what age should a child be ready to walk to school on his own?"

"When did Walk to School start and how successful has it been?"

"Are there legal guidelines as to the age at which a child should walk to school on his own?"

"We live five miles from our children's school and, after dropping them off, we have to go on to work. Therefore, there is no way our children can walk to school. However, they would like to do so. Do you have any ideas please?"

"We live 1.92 miles from school and i suffer from Cerebral Palsy rendering me unable to walk more than a couple of steps.There must be plenty of other parents who are disabled who find the walk to school initiative fine in principal but totally un workable."

"My children go to different schools and I don't have time to walk to both schools."

"I don't have time to walk my child to school? "

"I drop my child off on my way to work. I practically drive past the school anyway! "

"When the weather is bad I don't like getting wet!"

"It's too far to walk to school"

"It's too dangerous for young children to walk alone!"

"I try to walk every day, except in pouring rain. Our journey would be so much more enjoyable if I wasn't constantly shouting "mind where you are walking" or "watch out for the pooh!" I think it is disgusting that people let their dogs foul the pavement in the immediate area of school - it makes the walk very unpleasant."

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