For kids in grades 7-8, the maximum walking distance is 1.25 miles. For grades 9-12, the maximum is 1.5 miles. All students aren’t picked up at their homes, either.

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP -- An administrative law judge has ruled against a New Jersey couple who said it was unsafe to make their children walk less than a mile to a bus stop. The parents, identified ...

You may find, after weeks or months, that your daughter is ready to walk to the bus stop by herself. You may walk her to front porch and watch her the rest of the way. You may watch her from the door.