Sacramento’s first regional Safe Routes to School conference was a great success!!
Approximately 100 people attended the sessions, from 9 am – 4 pm, Friday, October 23, 2009 at the Fair Oaks School, Parents, school district leaders, transportation planners and engineers, and community members sat side by side and absorbed the presentations and discussions. A good and informative time was had by all!!
School Board Policies:
As a follow up to the WALKSacramento Safe Routes to School conference on October 23rd, the California School Boards Association and California Project LEAN (Leaders Encouraging Activity and Nutrition) have developed several policy tools your district or county office of education can use to implement safe routes to school programs.
* The “Safe Routes to School: Program and Policy Strategies” policy brief provides strategies to increase active transportation to and from school in your district or county office of education.
* CSBA’s new sample board policy and administrative regulation “CSBA BP and AR 5142.2- Safe Routes to School Program” are useful tools to share with your board, as they reflect recent legislation and educational trends, and are easy to customize to specific local needs.
* The “Maximizing Opportunities for Physical Activity through Joint Use of Facilities” policy brief includes information about how school districts/COEs can jointly share recreational facilities for physical activity.
* The “Physical Activity and Physical Education in California Schools” research brief highlights actions school districts and county offices of education can take to support physical education and physical activity.
These policy resources are also available at http://www.csba.org/Wellness.aspx or http://www.csba.org/pab.aspx.
Please contact Jessica St. John (jstjohn@csba.org) if you have questions about safe routes to school policy.
Presentations
A great introduction to SRTS covering history, scope, and resources.
Ideas for Education efforts organized as one-time events, on-going programs, or as an integrated curriculum.
An overview of state, federal, and other funding sources.
How to Get Your Whole Community Behind Walkability
Outlines SRTS work done by the Sacramento County Department of Transportation.
How Safe Kids Greater Sacramento has helped SRTS in the region. An excellent example of building partnerships to accomplish something great.
In it for the long haul–the highlights of building a successful sustainable program over many years.
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Coming Soon: Engineering-Rebuilding it Better by Scott Clark
WALKSacramento thanks everyone who participated!
The Sacramento Safe Routes Conference was funded by a U.S. Department of Transportation Safe Routes to School program grant.