I live a quarter mile north of an elementary school on a quiet residential street. The biggest traffic danger by far comes from parents driving their kids to school. Where I live none of the elementary, middle, or high schools offer busing, because both school districts are flat broke.
As for the idiot school principal cited in the opening post, the best solution is for the students to continue to organize and to popularize bike-to-school events, recruiting by example as many of their friends as possible.
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069