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Concerned about children's safety when walking or biking to school?
Are you also:
Looking
to improve children's health, sense of self-confidence and independence
by increasing the number of children walking or biking to school along
safe routes? Concerned
about liability issues or looking to engage county and city staff and
local law enforcement in safe routes planning? Want to learn on the
ground, practical lessons and activities that your school or community
can implement now?
HumPAL and the City of Eureka
Invite You to Attend a
Safe Routes to School Summit
Summit presenter Nora Cody assists with SR2S efforts in nearly 100 Alameda County schools and is the Safe Routes to Schools (SR2S) Director for the Transportation and Land Use
Coalition
(TALC).
When? June
3, 2008, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm. Participants are welcome to attend all or any part of the day. See agenda below.
How much? It's free - materials, lunch, and a walk provided! Wear comfortable shoes.
Where? Wharfinger Building, 1
Marina Way, Eureka CA
Questions? Contact Melanie Williams, Senior Planner, Humboldt Partnership for Active Living at 707-269-2055 or melanie@nrsrcaa.org.
AGENDA
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8-8:30
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Greetings, Registration, Coffee
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8:30-9:30
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WHY LAUNCH A SAFE
ROUTES TO SCHOOLS PROGRAM?
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Welcome and introduction to Safe Routes Concepts, Goals,
and Possibilities.
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Small group activity: identifying SR2S opportunities
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9:30-10:30
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THE JOURNEY: GETTING FROM HOME TO SCHOOL SAFELY
- Environmental and Social Justice
considerations, current Humboldt County processes for identifying bus routes, Remote
drop off/walk-in, Walking School buses, Crossing guards, Stranger danger, ADA compliance, Other Liability
issues
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10:30-10:40
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Break
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10:40-11:30
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InTEGRATING SR2S INTO STUDENT EDUCATION
- Standards-linked curriculum and sample
lesson plans
- After school activities for
academics and enrichment
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11:30-12:10
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Q & A with
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS
Panel of local transportation and school officials to
answer follow-up questions from morning presentations
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12:10-12:35
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Lunch provided
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12:35-1:00
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Walk Demonstration of child
pedestrian program
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1:00-2:00
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TOOLS FOR SUCCESS
- Explanation of School Travel
Plans
- Successful data collection
methods (parent surveys, site audits, including samples)
- International Walk to School Day
& other encourage
- ment events
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2:00-2:20
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INTERACTIVE TRAVEL
PLAN EXERCISE
ID strengths, barriers, strategies, and a calendar
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2:20-3:20
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TAPPING COMMUNITY
PARTNERS
- Elements of successful
partnership
- Identifying all potential allies
and collaborators
- Using the school infrastructure
(wellness, site councils, parent organizations)
- Working with volunteers
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Panel Discussion
Successful
local recipients of SR2S funding
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3:20-3:30
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Break
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3:40-4:10
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Getting Started
- Develop initial, workable draft
school travel plans and calendar of action
- "What's Your Headline?" exercise
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4:10-4:30
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WHAT'S NEXT?
- Sharing of great ideas and staying in touch
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If you need assistance getting to or from the event or have any other needs, please contact us!
***Funding for this event is provided by The California Endowment and the City of Eureka***
PLEASE FORWARD THIS INVITE ON TO INTERESTED PERSONS OR ORGANIZATIONS!
School
Personnel
Principals,
transportation staff (bus drivers and crossing guards), school staff (teachers,
after school program coordinators, playground monitors) Site and Wellness
Council members, PTA/PTO members, interested parents, district administrators, and
school board members
Law
Enforcement
Community
liaisons, bicycle police, DARE officers, School Law Enforcement Network members
City
and County Staff
Public
works staff, city engineers, community development, traffic safety committee
members
Questions?Contact Melanie Williams, Senior Planner, Humboldt Partnership for Active Living, 707-269-2055, melanie@nrsrcaa.org
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