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The only way this could possibly make sense is if it was somehow unsafe to walk near the schools...e.g. they are on major throughways without sidewalks. Otherwise how is walking from school to a nearby home different from walking home from a bus stop? Or do they stop at every house and verify the child actually enters?

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We actually had a "campus" so the buses were able to get you incredibly close to your school. Any walking you did was on a path similar to what you might find on a typical university campus outside of major urban areas. In this regard, walking was a bit different given that you had no roads to cross when walking from the bus to your school. In the end, I think it all really came down to not wanting to hire people to maintain crosswalks.

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