From The Trussville Tribune Staff Reports
TRUSSVILLE – September 6 will be the first day that parents may give permission for their child to walk or bike to Cahaba Elementary School.
The form to give your child permission can be found here. All forms must be returned to your child’s teacher each day they will bike or walk.
Students will be supervised by school personnel only while they are on Trussville city Schools property, there will be no off campus supervision.
Morning walkers traveling down Cherokee Drive will travel through the staff/service parking lot to the fifth grade doors. Safety patrollers will open doors for those students. Bikers traveling down Cherokee Drive will travel through the same parking lot to the lawn and sidewalk that leads to the bike rack. Bikes should be secured before entering the school.
All other walkers and bike riders will travel to the flag pole, cross from the flag pole to the front porch under the supervision of the teacher on duty, securing all bikes before entering the school.
In the afternoon, car and bike riders will be given a “pass,” a piece of paper with a red sneaker on it, by their teacher. This will serve as the walker or bike rider’s pass to get out the front door. The teacher on duty will collect the cards and assemble the walkers and bike riders, escorting them to the flagpole. Once at the flagpole, bus riders and car riders will be dismissed.
22 Comments
Shelley Luna
These are elementary children and I find this to be Ridiculous,unsafe and putting them in potential harms way…
Brandy Dunn Shotts
Best part about a neighborhood school! So excited!
Cindy Wood
This truly frightening. I’m scared to see the future stories on the results of this. They are not the small town they once were. I will be praying for these children.
Stacy Stapp Bailey
Jennifer Jones-Ellis I see you!
Jeremiah Culwell
What about Magnolia Elementary? Oh, wait…..
Kellie Martin Robbins
So exciting!! Biking to school would be fun!
Kevin Gaiser
The city needs to coordinate to have the pedestrian crossings at the mall restriped.
Janet Logan Harwood
Wow! I never knew there were such rules!
I know times have changed, but I rode my bike to elementary school every day with my BFF Donna Hall!
Jane Scoggins
With society in the shape it is on today, I would be that parent hiding behind a tree. I walked 3/4 mile to n from school and loved it. Glad these children can experience walking to n from in a safe neighborhood. ……wonderful memories. Let’s pray for their safety.
Laura McCants Reddick- Reichert
It’s perfectly acceptable and, I think, required of good parents to, in the beginning days, walk with them or at least part of the way, teaching them how to look out for cars, etc. The kids will learn. Parents of walkers in the neighborhood could take turns walking a group, etc. We walked as children and quickly learned how cross Chalkville Road and Parkway Drive safely. I loved walking to school….we bonded with the neighborhood kids that way.
Laura McCants Reddick- Reichert
It’s perfectly acceptable and, I think, required of good parents to, in the beginning days, walk with them or at least part of the way, teaching them how to look out for cars, etc. The kids will learn. Parents of walkers in the neighborhood could take turns walking a group, etc. We walked as children and quickly learned how cross Chalkville Road and Parkway Drive safely. I loved walking to school….we bonded with the neighborhood kids that way.
Angel Nichole Brown
We live in the projects and my kids will be walking/riding along side of me to school…most parents we know will be doing the same. So no, most of us will not be turning them loose on the public streets!!
Heather Peacock
Walking and biking is good exercise. The parent could walk with their child for safety of they feel so inclined
Jolene Hastings
I think this is amazing, and am actually a little jealous my children won’t get the same opportunity (jealous but yet happy for those that can) :). While yes I would be a parent that would tag along most days, I think it’s important that kids learn independence and some sort of self reliance. It’s a very hard thing to teach this day and age, and leads to children who can’t cope with life bc they have never been given the opportunity to gain independence. It’s a huge shame we live in a world where it is frowned upon for allowing children to ride a bike/walk a block down the street by themselves. Hats off to all you parents who take advantage of this wonderful opportunity!
Ceil Tarwater
This is great! But, I FULLY expect to see the Trussville P.D. presence out and circling my neighborhood in the AM & afternoon hours (please)!
Pat Yarbrough Buzbee
Terrific!!!
Jennifer Jones-Ellis
It’s a neighborhood school and most parents will be walking with them.
Kevin Gaiser
It is a liability issue. “How could you let a child just walk away!?!”
Cheryl Spaulding McLelland
I would be careful publicizing that kids will be walking and biking to school. You don’t want a string of perverts or child stalkers out seeking a child.
Kim Reid
I remember walking to and from school. We had a short cut to and from the old elementary school, the old Jr. High, and the old High school. What fun we had
Crystalyn Egger Stembridge
Beth Furr
The ones I saw today that were riding their bikes or walking had a parent with them – some made it a family affair. Neat experience for the kids and parents!