UPDATE: Hollin Meadows Postpones Bike to School Day Event

UPDATE (12 p.m., Wednesday):

Due to weather conditions Wednesday, Hollin Meadows Elementary School has postponed its Bike to School Day. Students will ride their bikes to school, with the help of community leaders and chaperones, Friday morning, May 10.

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Hollin Meadows Elementary School in Mount Vernon District will join schools around the country to celebrate in this year's National Bike to School Day next Wednesday, May 8, according to a recent news release.

About 250 students will bike to school with the help of parents, teachers and community leaders as chaperones. Del. Scott Surovell will be one of the many chaperones leading a ride-in group of students from Sherwood Hall Lane. Surovell will be joined by Principal Jon Gate and Assistant Principal Meg Boyd who will also lead ride-in groups.

Parents and neighbors in the Hollin Meadows area will serve as walking and bike chaperones as the students make their way to school. The Fairfax County Police Department will also provide bike patrol to help the students at major intersections and to ride with them to school.

“I learned to love bike riding growing up next to the Mount Vernon Trail along the George Washington Memorial Parkway,” said Surovell in the release. “I hope Hollin Meadows' students will also learn to take advantage of some of the unique parts of living in this area of Fairfax County. We need to do all we can to encourage our children to stay physically active and reduce our carbon footprint.”

The event will begin at 7:25 a.m. next Wednesday. Students, parents and community leaders will ride from two locations along Sherwood Hall Lane at Parkers Lane and Oaklawn Drive as well as Mount Vernon Square. Bicyclists and walkers will arrive at the school between 7:35 a.m. and 8 a.m.

“I’m thrilled that Hollin Meadows will be participating in National Bike/Walk to School Day," Gates said. "I look forward to joining Hollin Meadows students and family members riding and walking to school on May 8.”

Walk/Bike to Schol Day events were established by the National Center for Safe Routes to School to raise awareness of the need for safe routes for bicycling and walking and to emphasize the importance of physical activity, pedestrian safety, reducing traffic congestion and concern for the environment.

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