Tag: bryant elementary
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Dad who helped grow Seattle’s bike to school movement passes away. RIP Clint Loper
The day I first met Clint Loper, he was surrounded by an endless sea of kids biking off a Top Pot doughnut on their way to class at Bryant Elementary. Nearly a quarter of the school’s students biked to class on Bike to School Day 2013, an astounding and jaw-dropping increase from the dozen or…
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This is what Seattle’s bike to school revolution looks like (VIDEO)
Hundreds of Bryant Elementary students filled the streets Wednesday for what had to be the biggest bike to school ride in Seattle history. Seattle School District Superintendent José Banda rode with students and parents from Top Pot Doughnuts to Bryant. He told the crowd gathered for a rally at the end that the district aims…
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School District, WA State get behind Bike to School Day – Big Bryant bike train planned
Wednesday is Bike to School Day, and it could very well blow the doors off every previous bike to school celebration in Seattle. For one, the Seattle School District has put its full support behind the bike to school effort. Superintendent Jose Banda will be part of a big bike train to Bryant Elementary, and…
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115 kids bike to Bryant Elementary, just blocks from Monday’s tragic scene
115 Bryant Elementary students paused for a moment of silence in honor of those killed and injured just blocks away from Top Pot Doughnuts, where they gathered Friday morning. Then they hopped on their bikes and scooters and headed to their school with SPD providing an escort down the usually-busy 35th Ave NE. The ride…
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City-wide Walk.Bike.Schools meeting Monday
Eckstein Middle School is one of the bikiest middle schools in the city in large part due to hard work from active parents who promote walking and biking. Some of the Walk.Bike.Schools parents and Eckstein Bikes are hosting a city-wide meeting to share information and ideas between school communities Monday (tonight, sorry for the late…
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Biking to Bryant Elementary up 50%, proof we can break the dangerous school drop-off cycle
143 Bryant Elementary students biked to school in May. That’s a quarter of the school population (not even counting the kids who walked). Anyone who has ever been near a school at drop-off or (worse) pick-up times has witnessed the dangerous insanity caused by so many people in cars frustratingly trying to move kids around.…
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