5.2 Safe Routes to Schools Presentation

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The Vision Walking, biking, and rolling to school is safe, comfortable, and fun for all students in Pequot Lakes. Safe Routes to School(SRTS)programs are sustained efforts by parents,schools,community leaders,and local, state,and federal governments to improve the health and well-being of children by enabling and encouraging them to walk and bicycle to school WHEN AND WHERE IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. The vision identified by the SRTS planning team is to increase opportunities for all students to walk or bike to and from school safely by identifying and addressing the Issues and barriers that currently exist.Therefore,the local planning team hopes to accomplish three main goals through the SRTS planning process. 1. Determine the current environment surrounding walking and biking to school i.e.,how many students district-wide are walking and biking to school? 2. Conduct an assessment of issues and barriers to walking and biking to school. 3. Develop strategies that lead to an environment more conducive to safe walking and biking to school. THE 6 E'S Safe Routes to School(SRTS)programs rely on six core strategies,called the"Six Es",to work towards their vision. Successful Safe Routes to School projects see remarkable changes in the way students and parents choose to travel to and from school.These projects succeed by including each of the"Six E's"of Safe Routes to School to ensure that their project is a well-rounded,multi-prong and time-tested approach to getting students safely walking and bicycling.The Six E's of Safe Routes to School are: ENGAGEMENT Working with students,families,school staff,and community members and organizations,especially those from priority Equity groups,to create and implement Safe Routes to School initiatives. ENGINEERING Developing Equity-focused changes to the built environment,designed and prioritized through community Engagement. EDUCATION Providing students and other community members,especially those from priority Equity groups,with skills and knowledge about walking, biking,and rolling. ENCOURAGEMENT Normalizing a culture of walking,biking,and rolling through incentive programs,events,and activities that center priority Equity groups. EVALUATION Measuring how Safe Routes to School initiatives are implemented(process evaluation)and what their impacts are (outcome evaluation),especially how initiatives Engage with and support priority Equity groups. EQUITY - Prioritizing positive outcomes for students from lower-income households; Black, Indigenous,and other students of color;students with disabilities;and other students who face disproportionate barriers to walking,biking,and rolling to school. 2 I Minnesota Safe Routes to School t A it h6