Agenda Package - City of Vernon

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The STP reports are designed to be living documents for each schoolthat assist in:
Developing healthy and best routes to school for students in their neighbourhood,
The implementation of "Walking School Buses" for each school,
lmproving pedestrian, cycling and general safety education to students and parents,
Addressing the traffic and safety concerns and issues of parents and students,
Addressing the traffic safety issues in parking lots where necessary,
lmplementing action plans developed by parents, students and the Municipal Steering
Committee,
Keep advising City staff about important infrastructure upgrades needed for the school
neighbourhood to assist green modes of travel,
Decreasing the amount of idling at the school site,
Developing a cycling skills and safety education program for students that is sustainable and
can be part of the physical education program for grades 4/5,
Developing community and school events that increase community awareness on the
health, environmental and cost effective benefits of green transportation,
lmproving school zone traffic signage on streets surrounding the school site and,
Promoting safety education and green modes of travelthrough student leadership,
Follow-up Parent Survev Results
As part of the national program and to track the effectiveness of the STP programs, a follow-up
family survey was conducted in November of 2010 at each school. Although a request to delay this
survey was submitted to the national body, to allow for the construction upgrades to be completed
and allow for programs to be implemented this spring for Harwood and Okanagan Landing
elementary schools, the request was denied. This was due to the change in funding partners.
Green Communities Canada funded the 2009/2010 STP program. Health Canada, through the
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer; and the Public Health Agency of Canada is funding the
IOLO/TOLL STP for Mission Hill and Silver Star Elementary schools.
The follow-up survey participation rates were as follows:
I7%io response rate from Ellison Elementary (65 surveys returned from 368 families)
33% response rate from Harwood Elementary (82 surveys returned from247 families)
49%o response rate from OKL Elementary (116 surveys returned from 233 families).
The follow-up surveys were undertaken without the use of student incentives, which could account
for a lower return rate than was received during the original baseline survey in 2009. During the
initial surveys, Domino's Pizza provided a pizza party to the participating class with the greatest
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