Some one could do a lot to help students who walk to Clifford School by ticketing cars parked along Scenic, sometimes right in front of the No Parking signs, and the people who insist on making an illegal left turn off Edgewood every morning, which causes frustrated drivers behind them to swerve into the bike lane where kids can be walking.

Some techies could do a great community service by setting up a networking site where parents could identify park-n-ride or park-n-walk hubs based on student homes. It would also identify parents who would be responsible at the hubs and a volunteer oversight that would assure that volunteer parents have been fingerprinted and checked.

Claire -- The techies have already set up a networking site. It's called Next Door. The website facilitates bringing neighbors closer and allowing them to work together to address issues such as getting more students to walk to school. Please check it out and tell your fellow parents and the school about it. www.nextdoor.com And talking about our schools, did you know that the USA is the 24th country from the top in math and science in the world (according to standard test results of students)? Jamaica is 23rd! So spread the word -- all the students at Clifford can supplement their math education for FREE by working on the Khan Academy website (khanacademy.org). Best wishes, George

I haven't heard anything in the article or from the school folks about the added benefit from walking to school of reducing auto pollution and wasting precious oil!

Which school had the most participants walking to school this year???