Other results included:
The school bus was the most frequently used mode of travel to and from school, followed by the family vehicle.
Distance was the main reason parents do not allow their children to walk or bicycle to/from school.
Safety factors, such as amount of traffic and speed of traffic, were cited more frequently by parents as barriers preventing their children walking or biking to school, more so than crime or violence.
A vast majority of parents (71 percent) believe that New York Mills Schools neither support nor actively encourage children to walk and bike to and from school.
A vast majority of parents (80 percent) believe that walking and biking to and from school is, in some degree, healthy for their child. 45 percent believe it to be healthy and 35 percent very healthy.
PARENT SURVEY – SELECT QUESTIONS For the complete Parent Survey results, see Appendix A. The New York Mills Elementary School serves grades PreK-6. In September 2014, 250 parent surveys were distributed, which exceeds the total school enrollment of 184 students at that time. Of that 250, 71 surveys were returned, met the criteria to be entered in the National Centers’ database, and are included in this report. Also, 50 parent surveys were distributed to students in grades 7-12 with 19 being returned and deemed eligible to be entered into the database. It should again be noted that the New York Mills Elementary and High Schools share the same location and building. Results of all 90 parent surveys from grades PreK-12 have been included in this one analysis.
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