Not only does Bear Branch Elementary School in Magnolia ISD prohibit walking to and from school: Montgomery County constables will arrest scofflaws.
Andrea Watkins reports:
Pick your child up from school and you could be charged with trespassing. That's the threat against parents at Bear Branch Elementary School in Magnolia ISD. This is the school's tactic to keep parents who live close to the school from walking on school grounds.
The policy, enacted by the school's principal, Holly Ray, who has also enlisted Montgomery County constables to enforce the rules with the threat of arrest.
Lenore Skenazy picked up the news for reason.com's Hit & Run blog, noting also that the school district is backing Ray and calling the policy "nuts."
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