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The
Massachusetts Safe Routes to
School (SRTS) program promotes healthy alternatives for children and
parents in their travel to and from school. It educates students,
parents and community members on the value of walking and bicycling for
travel to and from school. on April 28, 2009,
Matthew Wall of
MassRIDES Safe Routes to School program spoke to students and
teachers at the
Viveiros Elementary School about the possibility of creating a Safe
Routes program at the school. School Principal Kristen Farias introduced
Mr. Wall who talked with children about pedestrian and school safety and
explored with them the possibility of their walking to school. The vast
majority of elementary school children are now transported by
automobile, resulting in major traffic problems, and depriving children
of an important opportunity to engage in healthy activity before and
after school. Planning on a Safe Routes program for the Viveiros and
other schools is currently in the works. Click
here
and
here for photos of last year's pilot walk-to-school programs. For
more information about the program, contact Children In Balance Project
Manager
Marcia Picard
at 508-324-2228.
(Photos courtesy Marcia
Picard) |
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(Top row, left) Student
Emily Donaldson calls for children to be quiet prior to the presentation
in the Viveiros School gymnasium. (Top row, center and right) Viveiros
Assistant Principal Melissa Homol introduces
Matthew Wall, School Outreach
Coordinator, MA Safe Routes to School, who talked to the children
about how they get to school. (Middle row, left) Isaiah Cabral sits
between
teachers Elaine
Branco and Kathy Valentine who are next to substitute teacher Adam
Miranda and parent liaison Lucy Medeiros as they listen to the
presentation. (Middle row, right) School Principal Kristen Farias talks
about the possibility of starting a walk-to-school program in October
2009. (Bottom row, center) Fall River School Department Chief Operating
Officer Tom Coogan, who oversees school transportation, listens to the
presentation. |