<p>Allyson Trenteseaux, a Walking School Bus program manager, top, in Providence, R.I. Program is seen as a way to get kids active, fight childhood obesity and improve absenteeism, which can be higher among students who live too close to school to qualify for a bus ride.</p>
June 14, 2014
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June 14, 2014 9 p.m.
Kids, parents are embracing the walking school bus
Children's activity catching on nationwide
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - As a group of children walked home together from school in Providence, they held hands and played the "I Spy" guessing game. When they reached a busy intersection, an adult accompanying them prodded, "What's the rule?"