Walk to study school routes set for Feb. 13
CBC Crescent Bar Chronicle News
QUINCY, WA – The Quincy Wellness Advisory Committee will host a walking audit of the routes students use to walk and bike to school on Monday, Feb. 13.
Safe Routes is a program that encourages walking and biking to school along safe routes. Community members and parents are encouraged to participate in the Pioneer and Mountain View audits, set for 3:30 p.m.
The exercise will take approximately one hour. Findings of the walking audit will be used to create a Safe Routes to School action plan.
A benefit to students from Safe Routes to School is the regular physical activity they receive from safely walking or biking daily to and from school.
A recent national survey found that only 18 percent of children walk or bike to school today, down from 70 percent just 25 years ago. Three out of five children, ages 9 to 13, don’t get any physical activity outside of school.
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