The Mayor and members of Guelph City Council will walk with members of both the Upper Grand District School Board and the Wellington Catholic District School in a planning exercise on Tuesday June 22.
The goal of the exercise is to identify potential barriers or problem areas for children who will be walking to two new schools in Guelph’s south end. Both Westminster Woods Public School and St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic School will open this fall.
Since 2006, the City has been working with School Boards, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph in motion, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Heart Health Network, Guelph Police Services, and Wellington-Dufferin Student Transportation Services to encourage more parents to walk their children to school. The Walk to School program emphasizes the health, community and environmental benefits of walking to school rather than driving.
WHAT
Walk to School planning exercise
WHO
Mayor Karen Farbridge
Councillor Ian Findlay
Councillor Karl Wettstein
Rajan Phillips, Manager, Transportation and Development Engineering Tim Donegani, Transportation Demand Management Coordinator Upper Grand District School Board Trustees Wellington Catholic District School Board Trustees
WHERE
Sites of Westminster Woods Public School and St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic School
WHEN
7:50
Arrive at St. Paul’s Catholic School, 182 Clairfields Dr. E.
Staff Parking Lot
8:05
Mayor Karen Farbridge addresses participants and media
8:10
Depart St. Paul’s Catholic School
8:25
View Westminster Woods Public School site
8:35
View St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic School site
9:00
Arrive at Sir Isaac Brock Public School, 111 Colonial Dr. for debrief (Shuttle bus to St. Paul’s Catholic School for those who cannot stay)
9:30
Dismiss debrief – shuttle bus back to St. Paul’s Catholic School