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SheilaT

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60. The public school my kids went to in the mid-90's

Fri Jan 16, 2015, 01:26 PM

Jan 2015

had 6th graders as crossing guards, although I think they were simply helpers to the adult there.

Every public school I went to, or they went to, didn't provide a bus for kids within either a mile or a mile and a half of the school. When my oldest son was in kindergarten and third grade, that meant I shared carpool duties with the mom of the same-age kid next door. We were in Boulder, CO, it was a completely uphill journey to school, and there were no older kids on the same block, or at all nearby to walk with them. In the spring we encouraged them to walk home, which they did the last few months of the year.

I suppose they could have walked to school, but the other mom and I were at a total loss as to how much time to give them, and there were frequent enough snows during the winter to have made their walk a bit tricky. If I recall correctly, our specific neighborhood school boundary in Boulder was such that no child lived outside the mandatory walk distance.

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Not to sound like a codger, but I would walk a mile and a half to and from kindergarten [View all] Recursion Jan 2015 OP

Me too. bravenak Jan 2015 #1

Bravenak -- yikes, yikes, yikes Hekate Jan 2015 #3

Just saying... bravenak Jan 2015 #4

In my California town, we definitely have crossing guards by the elementary and jr. high schools. Hekate Jan 2015 #2

I walked four blocks to school, and then stood across the street Agnosticsherbet Jan 2015 #5

Crossing guards are supposed to be adults, not children. I've never seen a kid in that role. nt Hekate Jan 2015 #7

Grew up in Oklahoma, and all crossing guards were children. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2015 #9

Smaller population, slower pace of life. Maybe that's why. Hekate Jan 2015 #11

Blackwell, Oklahoma. Town of ten housand people. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2015 #13

I remember seeing a Peanuts comic strip where Charlie Brown was a crossing guard Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #16

LOL Hekate Jan 2015 #31

In Cockeysville, Md., we called them "safeties". KamaAina Jan 2015 #71

I was a crossing guard in the 4th grade. A residential street divided the grammar school. . . Journeyman Jan 2015 #10

I was a crossing guard when I was in fifth and sixth grade... Brother Buzz Jan 2015 #12

LOL. Okay I give up. My memory must be failing! I remember JPOs on patrol... Hekate Jan 2015 #32

We were School Saftey Patrol, not JPO's (whatever the Hell that was) Brother Buzz Jan 2015 #63

Junior Police Officer, as stated in the first line of the text Hekate Jan 2015 #66

Mrs. Krowl, fifth grade teacher, did all our policing Brother Buzz Jan 2015 #68

Eh, I don't know if it's your memory. F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #73

Yes, me too. MicaelS Jan 2015 #34

The school in the next town over used hand held paddle stop signs Brother Buzz Jan 2015 #57

In 1977... Chellee Jan 2015 #14

Well... Egnever Jan 2015 #28

Kids were, back in the 1960s. MicaelS Jan 2015 #35

they were when i was a kid. it was considered kind of an honor. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #38

I was a crossing guard in the mid-60s KT2000 Jan 2015 #39

I was a... onyourleft Jan 2015 #56

Jezzuz H. on a crutch.. MicaelS Jan 2015 #6

Same here. elias49 Jan 2015 #25

Yup, my time too. MicaelS Jan 2015 #33

No kidding! KT2000 Jan 2015 #40

Hell, my friends and I would pack camping gear on our bikes and be gone all weekend FLPanhandle Jan 2015 #64

Early '60s, I walked 6 or so blocks to school, and crossed a 4 lane road with no stoplight. . . Journeyman Jan 2015 #8

I was a crossing guard when I was 11 years old in Portage, OH. I loved it. Luminous Animal Jan 2015 #15

They were more realistic about the dangers, too. Mariana Jan 2015 #20

don't most cases of missing kids involve a parent or some other family that took them ? JI7 Jan 2015 #21

I think most cases of missing kids Mariana Jan 2015 #29

I used to ride the bus Mbrow Jan 2015 #17

I was at two elementary schools. Jamaal510 Jan 2015 #18

I feel sorry for kids now days Cali_Democrat Jan 2015 #19

People really do believe that hundreds of thousands of kids Mariana Jan 2015 #24

I was a rebel glasshouses Jan 2015 #22

The school buses in our neighborhood... 3catwoman3 Jan 2015 #23

When I wanted to ride the bus my neighborhood had glasshouses Jan 2015 #26

My bus stop, from 6th grade thru... 3catwoman3 Jan 2015 #30

Yes, there are crossing guards, elleng Jan 2015 #27

The school district in Silver Springs still expects first graders to walk a mile to school. pnwmom Jan 2015 #36

Silver Spring is in Montgomery County, MD, elleng Jan 2015 #37

This is the policy of the Montgomery County schools. No buses for elementary kids who live within a mile pnwmom Jan 2015 #42

As of the 2010 census, the population was 971,777, elleng Jan 2015 #43

So what? The kids weren't trekking across the whole county. They were walking for a mile pnwmom Jan 2015 #44

According to the article, elleng Jan 2015 #55

You don't think the Seattle school district has places like that? pnwmom Jan 2015 #72

Here's a link to an interview with the kids and their parents, who are both scientists pnwmom Jan 2015 #74

If my older brother and I missed the bus, we walked. Contrary1 Jan 2015 #41

You went to kindergarten in the early 80s? Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #45

I can no longer plausibly call myself "mid-thirties" Recursion Jan 2015 #46

Oh cry me a river. Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #51

You went to kindergarten in the early 70s? Contrary1 Jan 2015 #49

I know. Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #50

Oh yeah? "When I was in Kindergarten, we had William Howard Taft on the wall!" Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #53

"Now children, turn to face the Taft." Arugula Latte Jan 2015 #62

I was in kindergarten when Kennedy was elected Maeve Jan 2015 #58

No kidding! pipi_k Jan 2015 #65

My town has crossing guards all over the place. Kablooie Jan 2015 #47

I walked as well Sherman A1 Jan 2015 #48

Codger merrily Jan 2015 #52

We used to ride our bikes a couple miles to the Woolworth's and buy candy, and we were probably 7. Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #54

I just finished cursing out parents Prism Jan 2015 #59

The public school my kids went to in the mid-90's SheilaT Jan 2015 #60

Most of the parents I am friends with do let their children roam free in the neighborhood. NCTraveler Jan 2015 #61

My parents as well as just about every parent in the neighborhood HappyMe Jan 2015 #67

In the 'sixties we walked about a mile to school in fluid mobs of neighborhood children. hunter Jan 2015 #69

In the snow? KamaAina Jan 2015 #70