Someone cut a ribbon, a stilt walker rallied the crowd and tiny feet powered up the first walking school bus in Kansas.
The program at Pawnee Elementary School in Overland Park, part of a national effort to encourage exercise and curb obesity, involves groups of students walking to and from school each day escorted by adult volunteer “bus drivers.”
Volunteer Jill Kelley was there Monday afternoon with her 9-year-old son, Max.
What’s not to like? she asked.
“It’s doing something good for his body,” she said, “and helping maintain the environment.”
Unfortunately, we can't do this in Franklin - - no sidewalks.
More kids walk to and from school, thanks to ‘Walking School Bus’ program - Kansas City Star.
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