Dozens of schools taking part in 'Walk & Roll to School Day'

Name: Dozens of schools taking part in 'Walk & Roll to School Day'
Uploaded: 2023-10-04T10:10:35.000Z
Duration: 1 min 44 s
Description: You'll be seeing more kids waking or riding their bikes to school Wednesday morning. Students across the Triangle are getting to school in a different way as part of "Walk and Roll to School Day."

You'll be seeing more kids waking or riding their bikes to school Wednesday morning. Students across the Triangle are getting to school in a different way as part of "Walk and Roll to School Day."

Posted 10/4/2023, 10:10:35 AM Updated 10/4/2023, 12:59:13 PM

HARM. INVESTIGATORS DID NOT SAY

WHAT CONNECTION PITTMAN HAS TO

THE STUDENT.

>> WHEN YOU HEAD OUT THIS

MORNING TO WORK OR WHEREVER

YOU'RE GOING, WANT TO WATCH OUT

FOR CHILDREN WALKING RIDING

BIKES, HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS ALL

AROUND THE TRIANGLE ARE TAKING

PART IN WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL

DAY WRAL'S. LAURA LEVINE IS

LIVE IN RALEIGH WITH THIS PUSH

TO FIND SAFER ROUTES TO SCHOOL

AND PROMOTE SOME EXERCISE FLOOR

OF THE MORNING.

>> JEFF, GOOD MORNING. STUDENTS

FROM DURHAM COUNTY TO HERE IN

WAKE COUNTY. WE'RE GOING TO SEE

THEM HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA PEP IN

THEIR STEP AND WE'RE GOING TO

BE BE AB COMBS ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL. THEY'RE GOING TO START

HERE AT WESTERN BOULEVARD

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND THEY'RE

GOING THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE OFF

ON THIS ROAD BEHIND ME ON

LORIMER ROAD, STARTING AT 7.30.

THIS, OF COURSE, IS FOR THE

WALK BIKE AND ROLL TO SCHOOL

EVENT. NOW FOR MANY STUDENTS,

SCHOOL BEGINS WHILE TRAVELING

TO SCHOOL. LONG BEFORE THAT

FIRST BELL RINGS. AB COMBS IS

JUST ONE OF DOZENS OF SCHOOLS

THAT WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE

EVENT WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE

IMPORTANCE OF SAFE ROUTES TO

SCHOOL.

>> WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL IS

AN EFFORT TO COMMIT TO SAFE,

EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE

SCHOOL TRAVEL AND PROMOTES

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. THIS COMES

A DAY AFTER THE SCHOOL SYSTEM

HAS APPROVED A NEW SCHOOL

POLICY ON WALKING TO SCHOOL IN

WAKE COUNTY. THE NEW WALKING

POLICY ALLOWS UNSUPERVISED

WALKING FOR CHILDREN IN SECOND

GRADE AND ABOVE GIVEN THE

DISTRICT'S ONGOING BUS DRIVER

SHORTAGE MAY ALSO ALLEVIATE THE

CRUNCH THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM

FACES AND HAVING ENOUGH

OPERATIONAL BUSES TO MEET THE

NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS. BE

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEY'RE

GOING TO BEGIN THEIR WALK AT

7.30, THIS MORNING. BUT SEVERAL

AND DOZENS REALLY EVENTS

HAPPENING. NOT ONLY IN WAKE

COUNTY IN DURHAM AND BEYOND.

SO, OF COURSE, HEAD OVER TO

WRAL DOT COM FOR A FULL LIST