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LHI APEL HILL- <br />ORO <br />igCITY SCHOOLS <br />Walkable School Zones <br />The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is committed to providing safe, connected <br />and engaged schools within our community. As such, the Board of Education <br />includes walkable school zones as part of the student assignment priorities within <br />local policy and as a critical component within any redistricting plans. <br />Students that live within 1.5 miles of a school are considered in the "walk zone" and <br />are not provided school bus transportation unless: <br />factors are present which may endanger the safety of students walking to the <br />school; <br />a student is medically certified as temporarily incapacitated; <br />a student is identified as having special needs following procedures in the <br />North Carolina Procedures Governing Programs and Services for Children <br />with Special Needs and will be provided with transportation services as <br />required by law <br />The district further supports walk-to-school initiatives by permanent assignment of <br />twenty school crossing guards to serve at several key intersections each morning and <br />afternoon to assist students to safely cross roadways. <br />Our school crossing guards support the following schools: <br />Carrboro Elementary School - 5 <br />Culbreth Middle School - 1 <br />Ephesus Elementary School -1 <br />Estes Hills Elementary School/Phillips Middle School - 4 <br />McDougle Elementary & Middle School - 1 <br />Northside Elementary School - 5 <br />Rashkis Elementary School - 1 <br />Scroggs Elementary School - 1 <br />Smith Middle School/Chapel Hill High School— 1 <br />71