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[pf] Why Johnny Can't Walk to School
by Fitzsimmons, Diane
27 November 2000 14:58 UTC

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WHY JOHNNY CAN'T WALK TO SCHOOL 

                                  National Trust Identifies Serious Threats
to
                                  Historic Neighborhood Schools, Calls for
Major
                                  Public Policy Changes in New National
Report

                                  (Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2000) -- Ask
any
                                  grandmother today about her childhood, and
she will
                                  most likely tell you she walked to school.
She will
                                  describe the school as a wonderful
building in the heart
                                  of town. She will tell you that classes
were small and
                                  teachers knew students by name. 

                                 Today, fewer than one in eight students
walks or bikes
                                  to school. The landmark schools that
touched the lives
                                  of millions and became stalwart symbols of
civic pride
                                  are fast disappearing. They are giving way
to huge,
                                  warehouse-like schools in remote areas
reachable only
                                  by stressful drives through congested
traffic. And along
                                  with their demise has gone yet another of
the ties that
                                  once bound people and towns across
America.