<p>Our elementary school was walking distance (.75 miles) but my kids were in latch key so I had to drop them off, sign them in and pick them up and sign them out. When my son was in 5th grade, he asked if he could stop going to latch key. That was ok with me. He walked it then (to his dad’s house, my house is considerably further and not walking distance from any elementary). The middle school and high school are 6 miles from my house, about 5 from their dad’s house along major roads with no sidewalks. They were going to eliminate busing for kids within a mile but then a kid was hit by a semi truck and killed on the shoulder of the street the high school is on and they nixed that plan. My kids drove as soon as they were able to drive, in high school. </p>