Foulks Ranch Elementary School Walk To School Day October 5

Policies, Programs and
Passionate Promoters:
District-Level Efforts Produce Street-Level
Impact
Building on Success—Projects, Programs, People
August 13-15, 2013 • Sacramento, California
Speaking Today
Julie Danzl
Healthy Kids Focused Students Coordinator
Minneapolis Public Schools
Julie.Danzl@mpls.k12.mn.us
Claire Hennen
School Safety Patrol Leader
Northrop Urban Environmental School
brenda.hennen@mpls.k12.mn.us (mom)
Debbie Layton
Academic Program Coordinator
Anna Kirchgater Elementary School
Elk Grove Unified School District
dlayton@egusd.net
Lisa Dixon
SRTS Coordinator
Elk Grove Unified School District
ldixon@egusd.net
Moderator - Bill Heinicke
Director, Planning
Elk Grove Unified School District
wheinick@egusd.net
Minnehaha Mondays
Thank you for sharing your experiences and
your program!
Congratulations on your many successes!
Elk Grove Unified School District
62,000 students attend 64 schools
About 14% of students are
English learners – 82
languages spoken at home
Elk Grove Unified School District
Total K-12 Enrollment In:
2000 47,423
2002 52,418
2005 60,439
2010 61,893
2013 62,031
Elementary Schools In:
2000
30
2002
33
2005
38
2010
39
2013
39
Our District’s 320 square miles overlap all or part
of 3 cities and Sacramento County
First SRTS Activities
Foulks Ranch Elementary School
- International Walk To School Day activities for
the first time in 2002
- Quickly grew and
- Spread to other schools
Foulks Ranch Elementary School
• Inspiring leadership
• Significant PTO
participation
• Donations from 23
local businesses
• Provide clear
information
Foulks Ranch Elementary School
Elk Grove Mayor
Dan Briggs and
School Board
Member Priscilla
Cox
Students carry the school bus!
Some of Elk Grove’s Finest ….
For Walk To School Day 2005, the entire student
population walked to school!
By 2009 . . .
Other SRTS Activities
• Strong Board support &
participation
• Continuing growth of local
interest and resources
• Local and regional
planning efforts
School Siting
• Near center of neighborhood &
potential attendance area
• Impact of major streets, highways,
railroads, canals, etc. as barriers
• Street and trail patterns provide
direct routes to school
• Adjacent and nearby parks &
commercial parking lots provide
starting points for walking school
buses & bike trains
Other SRTS Activities
• Municipal infrastructure SRTS grant applications
• WalkSacramento assistance
Other SRTS Activities
• SRTS District Task Force
• Wide variety of participation
in SRTS conferences and
workshops
• Compiled our own EGUSD
SRTS Resource Binder for
principals
Other SRTS Activities
• EGUSD applied for a non-infrastructure grant in 2011
• Grant awarded! Full-time SRTS Coordinator position
created and filled
• Project AWARE – Advancing Walk And Roll Environments
Project AWARE
• Data Collection (pre and post grant)
• Institutionalize SRTS best practices
throughout the District
• Implemented on a site by site basis
• Website/Intranet presence
Project AWARE
• Education Activities
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All-school assemblies – deliver safety instruction
Classroom education integrated with curriculum
Bike and pedestrian skills training & practice
Parent training events and information
Project AWARE
• Encouragement Activities
• Yearly International Walk to School Week events
• All-school assemblies – encourage walking and
biking
• Step It Up Program
• Incentive programs for students and parents
• Walking School Bus programs
Project AWARE
• Enforcement Activities
• Collaboration with Elk Grove Unified School
District Police Services
• Parent patrols
• Safety patrols
Project AWARE
• Evaluation Activities
• Conduct Walk Audits at all schools
• Conduct parent surveys
• Safety Patrols
Project AWARE
• Continue to develop/ build community partnerships
• PTA’s and PTO’s
• UC Davis Helmet Safety Center @ 3 school sites
• WALKSacramento
• Safe Kids Greater Sacramento
• UC Berkeley SafeTREC
• CaliforniaWALKS
• HEAL Zone
• Fire up Your Feet
Thank You!
Discussion & Questions