Quoting Mr. Fox:

I'd love to see some walking zones, maybe those neighborhoods within a half mile of the school.

I walked to school as a kid – on sidewalks the entire way. It's not the theory I oppose to; it's the lack of sidewalks in much of this community! As a parent of 2 students within walking distance of their school, I cringe at the thought of my 7 & 5-year-olds walking, in the street, to school! Given that most families in today’s economy have both father & mother working outside the home, that walk to school in the street would be without adult supervision. Unless you are proposing the “a parent volunteer walks their own & other children in the neighborhood to school” concept that came up in the past school year..., but what happens when the rare stay-at-home mom/dad who generously volunteered for that position can’t serve on a particular day (i.e. sick child to tend)? Perhaps middle & high school, but not elementary students – and even then, those kids start earlier in the day & would be walking to school, in the street at rush hour, in the dark at times. In a community without sidewalks, having our children walk to school isn’t just impractical, it’s unsafe.

WJCC would be smart not to offer free, district-wide busing. Instead, families who use the buses should pay directly, per ride, via a coupon book or swipe card. Tons of families who receive busing don't ever use it - they just drive their kids. So why on earth are we all paying for it - what a waste. Cut the busing, have the users pay directly for what they use, and save us all some money. We spent our entire lives working hard and earning it...why are they taking it?