127 schools are too close to busy roads
An analysis by CBC (with an infographic by Roberto Rocha) show that one-sixth of the city’s schools – 127 of them – are too close to busy roads to be healthy locations for kids.
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Chris 08:52 on 2019-09-17 Permalink
Ha. As if busy roads are healthy for anyone, of any age. But think of the children™
Jack 11:23 on 2019-09-17 Permalink
I worked at one of those schools on the 40. We would look out the window on the second floor and wave at the drivers on the elevated section. Pedagogically it was a really good opportunity to teach about the class system. If you are going to a school directly on Highway 40 you are working class…middle class and wealthy kids dont go to schools located on the 40.
Dhomas 00:53 on 2019-09-18 Permalink
“Anyone” doesn’t spend an hour or more outside for recess/lunch, breathing in that pollution. Also, childrens’ still developing bodies are more susceptible to pollutants, which can bring on conditions (like asthma, for example) that will affect them well into their adult lives.