Greenfield School District Supports City's Safe Routes to Schools Initiative

The expressed its official support of the city’s Safe Routes to School initiatives when the School Board passed a resolution declaring just that at its meeting Monday.

The city, with the support of both the Greenfield and Whitnall school districts, is formulating grant requests for federal funding for a series of safety measures and devices around local schools, including, but not limited to a network of sidewalks.

Last month, the city's director of neighborhood services Rick Sokol made a presentation to the board.

“We’re hoping for some grants to keep the fiscal impact on us and the city to a minimum,” said Greenfield School Board president Bruce Bailey, who was the district’s representative on a Safe Routes to School committee.

The city will likely apply for the grants later this year.

Also at Monday’s meeting, the School Board accepted two separate donations from the Glenwood Home and School Association, one in the amount of $736 for the purchase of school planners and the other in the amount of $1,018, generated from plant sales, for the purchase of library books.