TPS SAFETY ROUTES

IN NORTHWEST OHIO, AN EFFORT PUSHING FOR STUDENT SAFETY AS THEY TRAVEL TO AND FROM SCHOOL IS EXPANDING. 
LAST YEAR TOLEDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS REVIEWED ITS SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT NOT JUST K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADES. A PROGRAM COORDINATOR SAYS TWENTY EIGHT PERCENT OF STUDENTS WALK OR BIKE TO SCHOOL SO THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON IMPROVING SIDEWALKS WHILE EDUCATING STUDENTS ON HOW TO MAINTAIN THEIR BIKES. OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS THE PROGRAM RECEIVED MORE THAN TWO POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS.