{"id":3118,"date":"2013-09-14T06:31:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T11:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/?p=3118"},"modified":"2013-09-14T06:31:08","modified_gmt":"2013-09-14T11:31:08","slug":"traffic-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/traffic-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All families living in the Allenby catchment area are strongly encouraged to walk to school. Walking is one way we decrease traffic congestion around the school.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers, please recognize the special safety needs of children and remember that they are the least predictable pedestrians.\u00a0\u00a0 Use Kiss &#8216;n&#8217; Ride on Castlefield Avenue and proceed slowly westbound on Castlefield.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Avoid blocking the bus zone on St. Clements Avenue and the sidewalk along the Kindergarten playground.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In addition, please respect our community neighbors by refraining from turning around in neighboring driveways and blocking fire hydrants.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We must adhere to all existing driving and parking by-laws. An update on existing by-laws and traffic safety will be given at Curriculum night on September 24th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Walk and Roll, Allenby!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/shoes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-203 alignnone\" alt=\"shoes\" src=\"http:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/shoes.jpg\" width=\"175\" height=\"145\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Put on your sneakers!! With a special introduction on Wednesday, October 9th, Allenby will begin monthly &#8220;Walking Wednesdays.&#8221; October 9th is &#8220;<a title=\"International Walk to School Day\" href=\"http:\/\/www.saferoutestoschool.ca\/international-walk-school-daymonth\" target=\"_blank\">International Walk to School Day<\/a>&#8221; with several schools in Canada participating. Each month, a class will have the opportunity to make a poster for display in the school to introduce a Walking Wednesday. Themes that are promoted during walking days include: increasing daily physical activity, improving safety, enhancing the environment, developing community cohesion, promoting social interaction and reducing traffic congestion, pollution and speed near schools. Walkers will receive a special token upon arrival at school and classes with the most walkers receive a special award. No idling at school &#8211; let&#8217;s get walking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All families living in the Allenby catchment area are strongly encouraged to walk to school. Walking is one way we decrease traffic congestion around the school. Drivers, please recognize the special safety needs of children and remember that they are the least predictable pedestrians.\u00a0\u00a0 Use Kiss &#8216;n&#8217; Ride on Castlefield Avenue and proceed slowly westbound [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[215,90,214],"class_list":["post-3118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-and-safety","tag-international-walk-to-school-day","tag-traffic-safety","tag-walking-wednesdays"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3119,"href":"https:\/\/www.allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118\/revisions\/3119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}