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Have you seen modern US schools? They're basically setup like prison yards because of all the school shootings. There's no way the kids are going to run into
by hedora 1y ago
Have you seen modern US schools? They're basically setup like prison yards because of all the school shootings. There's no way the kids are going to run into the street without first going through a parking lot (and, often, a line of bollards).
On the bright side, there's zero reason to slow cars down when kids aren't being actively picked up or dropped off.
(Not that there was a reason to slow the cars down during off hours in the past, since the law has always been "When children are present" in places I've lived, which is good enough.)
- bravesoul2 1y agoI am haven't seen a US school. What about walking? I'm guessing most people use the school bus or get driven then?
- userbinator 1y agoIt varies greatly by area, but generally most too young to drive get bused or driven, and those old enough drive themselves.
- hansvm 1y agoAcross the US, only 70% of students live within 3 miles of their school, and only 20% of students are within 1 mile. Toss in weather, carrying supplies for after-school activities, tight schedules (e.g., going from some before-school activity to the actual school building), a general fear of kidnapping, a car-centric culture, and the fact that buses are cheap and school dropoff is often easy to squeeze into a parent's schedule, and you'll find that various forms of driving are extremely common.
- Spooky23 1y agoOne suburban town near me forbids approach on foot or bike. I’ve heard of places where CPS was called about kids walking to school.
- bravesoul2 1y agoWow what a dystopia
- laurencerowe 1y agoIt only works if you are lucky enough to live the side of the school with the pedestrian entrance. A colleague lived near the side with car entrance so walking their kids to school required walking the extra 1/2 mile around the grounds as they weren’t allowed int he car entrance.
- t-writescode 1y agoTo be fair, US schools have been very 'shaped like a castle with walls' for longer than school shootings. When I was in school, there was no way to get to the road, outside of entering and exiting the whole compound.
- akk0 1y agoYour comment seems to imply that parking lots around schools are somehow strategically positioned to prevent school shootings? I'm not from the US but I'm intrigued by how that would work.
- hedora 1y agoThey retrofitted fences in the last decade or so. The only break in the fence is usually near the administration office / pickup / dropoff zone, which is generally next to the parking lot. It doesn't actually prevent school shootings. There were 330 in the US last year; 349 in 2023. They're also adding cameras, weapons detection systems and "resources to address students’ emotional and mental well-being" https://www.k12dive.com/news/school-shootings-2024-near-record-high-2025-predictions/736590/ https://www.k12dive.com/news/school-shootings-2024-near-reco...