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Board schedules Safe Routes to School presentation after member flags sidewalks gap
Summary
A board member requested and the district agreed to schedule a Safe Routes to School presentation for a January workshop after noting roughly 22,000 feet of missing sidewalks in Redford.
Board member Mister Bailey requested that the district place a Safe Routes to School presentation on a future agenda after describing large gaps in sidewalk coverage across the township.
Bailey said there are “22,000 feet in Redford where there—s not any sidewalk, like, along 6 miles,” and urged the board to consider applying for Safe Routes to School grants. He said the process to apply “starts by the school, not the school district,” and offered to coordinate with other local schools, including parochial and charter schools, because children from multiple schools use the same routes.
Bailey said the missing sidewalks are particularly consequential for disadvantaged communities to the east of the district, which he said were identifiable on an EPA map referenced during the discussion. Jackie, a district staff member, agreed to note the request and the board scheduled the presentation for the January workshop. Bailey was asked to send informational materials to Mrs. Warren in advance of that workshop.
Board staff also listed upcoming meeting dates in the transcript: a regular meeting on Jan. 13, 2025, and workshops on Jan. 28, 2025, and Feb. 25, 2025.
The board did not make a formal grant application at the meeting; the transcript reflects a scheduling decision to discuss the Safe Routes to School opportunity at a workshop and staff follow-up to receive materials in advance.
