How do kids get to school on WFB and Shorewood? (Milwaukee: crime, neighborhood)

[skaufman]

Hi,
We're moving to the area from Minneapolis. In Minneapolis, if kids go to public neighborhood schools, the school is required to provide school bus transportation to kids who live further than "walking distance" away from the school. I've been trying to figure out the bus system for public schools in Whitefish Bay and/or Shorewood, and am not finding anything. Can anyone tell me a little bit about how kids get to and from school in that area? Especially elementary age... Are parents expected to drive? I can't imagine the little ones walking more than a block by themselves and crossing some of the larger streets by themselves.... Thank you!
Sara

[Empidonax]

Not entirely sure, but I've seen school buses circulating around WFB. I've also seen smaller kids walking--the larger streets and busier intersections have posted crossing guards at pre- and post-class times.

[udubm]

I'm almost positive they are required to walk or drive for shorewood(if you live in shorewood I know at least). Not sure for WFB.

[mkeguy]

Shorewood is less than a square mile, and divided into 2 elementary school districts so kids walk or bike to school. There are crossing guards along the few busy streets, and a pretty strong culture for parents/neighbors walking their kids to school if they think they're too young to walk alone. The neighborhood was built out by the 1920's, so there are no particularly streets or places without sidewalks. And there is (thanks in part to Milwaukee's intense segregation and a lot of suburban police) more or less NO crime on the North Shore. WFB is the exact same way, just a bit more spread out.