Kenton City and Schools Partner with ODOT on Safe Routes to School Plan

Kenton City and Kenton City Schools have partnered with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) to create a School Travel Plan through the Safe Routes to School program. This initiative aims to make walking and biking to school safer and easier for Kenton students. The need for improved infrastructure has increased since the new Kenton Middle and High School building opened last December, concentrating students onto one campus.

The plan involves filling sidewalk gaps and improving key crossings, representing a long-term investment in neighborhood infrastructure. According to student address mapping, about 69 percent of the district’s 1,674 students live within two miles of the campus, making walking or biking a realistic option when safe routes are established.