What schools have been selected for the program?
In 2011-2012, SF Safe Routes to School will serve the following 15 elementary schools in SFUSD:
- Buena Vista – Potrero Hill/Mission
- El Dorado – Visitation Valley
- E.R. Taylor – Portola
- Fairmount – Noe Valley/Bernal Heights
- Garfield – North Beach
- George Peabody – Inner Richmond
- George Washington Carver – Bayview*
- Grattan – Cole Valley
- Leonard Flynn – Bernal Heights/Mission
- Longfellow – Excelsior*
- Marshall – Mission
- Monroe – Excelsior
- Sunnyside – Sunnyside*
- Sunset – Outer Sunset*
- Ulloa – Outer Sunset
* Indicates schools that participated in 2009–2010
In 2010-2011, SF Safe Routes to School served 15 elementary schools in SFUSD:
- Bryant – Mission*
- Buena Vista – Potrero Hill/Mission
- El Dorado – Visitation Valley
- E.R. Taylor – Portola
- Fairmount – Noe Valley/Bernal Heights
- Garfield – North Beach
- George Peabody – Inner Richmond
- George Washington Carver – Bayview*
- Grattan – Cole Valley
- Leonard Flynn – Bernal Heights/Mission
- Longfellow – Excelsior*
- Marshall – Mission
- Sunnyside – Sunnyside*
- Sunset – Outer Sunset*
- Ulloa – Outer Sunset
* Indicates schools that participated in 2009–2010
Click here to download walking and biking maps for each of these schools.
Download a SF SRTS Program Overview (PDF).
How do schools get selected?
In August 2009, SRTS-SF Coalition developed selection criteria to determine which SFUSD elementary schools will be invited to become SRTS schools. Critieria included: a) majority of students living within 1 mile of school; b) installation of bike rack at school, and c) participation in previous SRTS-SF related activities such as Walk to School Day, Bike to School Day, Green Teams, etc. Futhermore, schools were segregated by supervisoral district. The top 1 or 2 elementary schools in each supervisoral district were invited to participate in order to ensure geographic distribution of SRTS resources.
In August 2010, all SFUSD elementary schools will be invited to participate in SRTS. However, the SRTS-SF Coalition will still use the selection criteria above to finalize the list of schools participating in the program in 2010-11.
If my school was not selected for program, what resources are available to us and how can we get involved?
All of the Encouragement activities listed above (Walking Challenge, Walk to School Day and Bike to School) are open to all San Francisco Schools. More information on starting a Safe Routes to Schools Program can be found on the National Center for Safe Routes to Schools website at saferoutesinfo.org
Applications for the additional 10 San Francisco program schools for the 2010-2011 school year will be made available and accepted in the spring of 2010. As we develop citywide resources we will post them here and elsewhere.
Email Ana Validzic at the SF Dept. of Health if you have additional questions about the overall SF Safe Routes to School Program in San Francisco.
Email Jason Serafino-Agar at the SF Bicycle Coalition if you have would like to help out, or have additional ideas for our different Education or Encouragement activities.