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> I live 0.1 mile away from my kids' school, but cannot walk over there to pick them up, I have to get in a queue of cars that leads almost to my house

Can you elaborate? This is beyond ridiculous.

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It's a really convoluted system which requires the kids to essentially be penned up and allowed to walk to their parents cars in a controlled way. They have a policy against walking since there are no sidewalks for most of the area around the school.

It's probably safer given the fact there are no sidewalks, but it still sucks.

Pretty common , here is a reference to one school district in TX:

https://www.click2houston.com/news/parents-upset-about-new-m...

That sounds like a different issue. Parents who still drive but don't want to wait in line so they park in the surrounding neighborhood. Trying to find a loophole.

I'd like to hear why someone who lives a few blocks away can't walk from their house to school and pick up their child.

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