As of the second week of October, Bench Elementary School has maintained its own program where trained adult volunteers walk students in grades K-3 who live near the school back ...

The Walking School Bus is supposed to be a healthy and safe ... doctor’s appointments and planned vacations. Parents have to sign permission slips if they want their kids to participate and ...

Every weekday morning at 8 a.m., 42 Regal Elementary students hear a knock on their door. It's their "Walking School Bus." ...

Walking School Bus Program Transforms Attendance in a School District in Washington School Transportation News Wire Reports ...

Because students get rewards for participating -- such as a Blue Zones T-shirt and pencils -- she suspects more will sign up, she said. “I think the Walking School Bus is fun because at the end ...

Spokane Public Schools is finding success with a new initiative to improve student attendance at Regal Elementary. The ...