Hanover County Schools Encourage Students to Walk to School

There was a story in today's Richmond Times Dispatch that describes the efforts of several schools in Hanover County to get their students to walk... not unlike what we're doing at RES with our Walking Bus effort, and our participation in a Safe Routes to School (SRTS) grant. At Laurel Meadow ES, educators are teaching students about how to stay safe as a pedestrian. They won a SRTS grant last year, which is helping to fund the educational efforts. This year, John M. Gandy and Henry Clay elementary schools are also applying for SRTS grant money.

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