Because we live on post, our house/neighborhood/base is completely surrounded by a big ass fence. And security. And cameras. Which means no creepers coming from the outside, and no chance of escape from mischievous little miscreants, also known as children.
And because Two Rock Union Elementary school sits nestled up against the base fence (but outside it, it's a public school), the police department on base opens a back gate directly into school grounds each morning and afternoon, allowing all the base kids to ride their bikes over a mile (on base property) to school. Safely. Without worry of kids being snatched or hit by traffic (they are on literal bike trails the whole way).
In MY day, you couldn't ride your bike to school, because a) it was WAY too far away from my house, b) there were no sidewalks on the roads, and c) you'd get SNATCHED.
Calen road his bike to and from school alone last year as a first grader, so I wasn't worried about him this year. But Camden unsupervised? HA. He wouldn't go to school. He'd end up at the playground at the lake half a mile from our house. Sooo I hopped on my bike and road with them this morning.
Talk about a unique experience that hardly any kids left in America get to do.
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| Entering school property (their school is the yellow building). School rules state to walk your bikes. |
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