{"id":137633,"date":"2014-08-22T17:15:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T21:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/?p=137633"},"modified":"2014-08-22T15:40:30","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T19:40:30","slug":"parents-against-students-walking-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/parents-against-students-walking-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut Parents Are Totally Overreacting About Their Kids Walking To School"},"content":{"rendered":"

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All of our grandparents are turning in their graves. All of them.<\/p>\n

These aren’t outlandish distances we’re talking about, either. High school students<\/a>\u00a0who live within two miles of the school are being told to walk, as are middle school students within a mile-and-a-half, and elementary school students who are within one mile. Two miles at an average pace should take about a half-hour. I don’t think a half-hour walk is outlandish for a teenager. I’m more upset for kids who have to ride the bus<\/a>\u00a0for an hour or more to get to school everyday — now that<\/em> sounds like a pain.<\/p>\n

Parent Karin Hope<\/strong> said to Eyewitness News Three<\/a>,\u00a0“We know there’s distracted drivers there, there’s more sex offenders now than ever before.” I’m not so sure about that second part, Karin, but that first part is definitely true. However, kids do need to learn how to walk on sidewalks and be aware of traffic at some point.<\/p>\n

Parents in Milford filed an appeal this summer that was rejected, but plan to keep fighting as the start of school nears.\u00a0In the minutes of a school board meeting<\/a> where they discussed the walking policy, parents listed their concerns as:<\/p>\n