Safe Routes Walkabout

Submitted by Sylvia Star-Lack 

Safe Routes Walkabout
Thursday, November 1st
2:30pm in the Staff Lounge


Join us for snacks in the Staff Lounge at 2:30pm on Thursday, November 1st.  Parents and students are invited to attend an important meeting at Gunn focused on how to make the daily school commute safer for all Gunn students. The Gunn Safe Routes Walkabout will start at 2:30pm on Thursday, November 1st.  Parents and students will begin at the Staff Lounge for a tour around the school to identify problem commute areas, with a particular focus on walking and bicycling.  We will meet back in the Staff Lounge for a discussion of what we saw.   We also will
use large-scale neighborhood maps to discuss broader school route issues.  Student voices are particularly encouraged at this event.  Snacks will be provided!

Please look for announcements about a follow-up meeting to be scheduled in January.  This meeting will be open to the broader community and will include review of a draft Walk and Roll to School map showing recommended walking and bicycling routes for students traveling to and from Gunn.

The City of Palo Alto has received a grant to strengthen Palo Alto’s Safe Routes to School program and has hired a consultant specializing in non-motorized school commute solutions to lead us through the development of the Walk and Roll to School map.  These information-gathering meetings are an opportunity for our school community to provide input on suggested walking and biking routes and areas along commute routes that need attention from the city or school district.

Please mark your calendars and RSVP to Sylvia Star-Lack to attend the November 1st meeting.  The outcome of this process will only be as good as the input from the Gunn community, so if you can’t attend the meetings, be sure your feedback is heard.  Please RSVP or send your comments to Sylvia Star-Lack at saferoutes@cityofpaloalto.org<mailto:saferoutes@cityofpaloalto.org>.