UH, busing students vs students walking to school, and the (D)'s want to be right on both sides of the issue. As usual!

WAY back in the olden days, when I went to grade school, most kids lived within walking distance of their school.  Then, once the (D)'s got their teeth into School Segregation, kids started getting bused ALL over their cities and towns, for hours and hours of their school lives, so they could grow up among a 'diverse' group of children. And one of the things that went away, due to low funding because of fuel and vehicle costs, was Physical Education.

NOW, Mrs. Obumble is suggesting that kids WALK to SCHOOL to get exercise.

First Lady Michelle Obama is promoting walking to school as part of her anti-obesity campaign. In remarks to mayors gathered at the White House last week, the first lady singled out Knox County, Tenn., which – inspired by Mrs. Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign -- has created a bike-share program and something called a “walking school bus.”
“I've heard more and more of this kind of walking school bus happening all over the country -- so that kids can get exercise on the way to school, kind of like we did when we were growing up," she said.
A "walking school bus" is a group of children who walk to school with adult chaperones.
- See more at: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/michelle-obama-gives-nod-walking-school-buses#sthash.EHHwPLPg.dpuf

First Lady Michelle Obama is promoting walking to school as part of her anti-obesity campaign. In remarks to mayors gathered at the White House last week, the first lady singled out Knox County, Tenn., which – inspired by Mrs. Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign -- has created a bike-share program and something called a “walking school bus.”
“I've heard more and more of this kind of walking school bus happening all over the country -- so that kids can get exercise on the way to school, kind of like we did when we were growing up," she said.
A "walking school bus" is a group of children who walk to school with adult chaperones.
- See more at: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/michelle-obama-gives-nod-walking-school-buses#sthash.EHHwPLPg.dpuf

First Lady Michelle Obama is promoting walking to school as part of her anti-obesity campaign. In remarks to mayors gathered at the White House last week, the first lady singled out Knox County, Tenn., which – inspired by Mrs. Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign -- has created a bike-share program and something called a “walking school bus.”
“I've heard more and more of this kind of walking school bus happening all over the country -- so that kids can get exercise on the way to school, kind of like we did when we were growing up," she said.
A "walking school bus" is a group of children who walk to school with adult chaperones.
- See more at: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/michelle-obama-gives-nod-walking-school-buses#sthash.EHHwPLPg.dpuf

Michelle Obama is promoting walking to school as part of her anti-obesity campaign. In remarks to mayors gathered at the White House last week, the first lady singled out Knox County, Tenn., which – inspired by Mrs. Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign -- has created a bike-share program and something called a “walking school bus.”  

“I've heard more and more of this kind of walking school bus happening all over the country -- so that kids can get exercise on the way to school, kind of like we did when we were growing up," she said.

The county I moved away from 3 years ago, has been screwing around with an on again, off again plan to return to neighborhood schools.  Currently they are NOT going toward kids being able to walk to a neighborhood school, they're going to keep busing for diversity.  So here's my math question for today.

If a bus with 56 kids, takes 60  minutes to go 30 miles to a 'diversified' school, how long will it take those same 56 kids to walk that same 30 miles? 
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Schteveo

A "walking school bus" is a group of children who walk to school with adult chaperones.
- See more at: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/michelle-obama-gives-nod-walking-school-buses#sthash.EHHwPLPg.dpuf

First Lady Michelle Obama is promoting walking to school as part of her anti-obesity campaign. In remarks to mayors gathered at the White House last week, the first lady singled out Knox County, Tenn., which – inspired by Mrs. Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign -- has created a bike-share program and something called a “walking school bus.”
“I've heard more and more of this kind of walking school bus happening all over the country -- so that kids can get exercise on the way to school, kind of like we did when we were growing up," she said.
A "walking school bus" is a group of children who walk to school with adult chaperones.
- See more at: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/michelle-obama-gives-nod-walking-school-buses#sthash.EHHwPLPg.dpuf