Safety factors, such as amount of traffic and speed of traffic, were cited more frequently by parents as barriers preventing their children from walking or biking to school, more so than crime or violence.
A vast majority of parents (74 percent) believe that the Rothsay school neither supports nor actively encourages children to walk and bike to and from school.
A vast majority of parents (74 percent) believe that walking and biking to and from school is, in some degree, healthy for their child. 35 percent believe it to be healthy and 39 percent very healthy. No one believed it to be unhealthy.
PARENT SURVEY – SELECT QUESTIONS For the complete parent survey results, see Appendix A. The Rothsay school serves grades PreK-12. In the spring 2016, there were 290 students enrolled. Of that, th
100 parent surveys were distributed to the parents of students in grades PreK through 5 . Of that 100, 34 surveys were returned, met the criteria to be entered in the National Centers’ database, and are included in this report. Question – Is the child who brought home this survey male or female? Approximately 50 percent of questionnaires were completed for male and 50 percent for female students.
Sex of children for parents that provided information
Figure 47: Breakdown of male/female student representation in the parent survey.
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