My neighborhood is really walkable and people do. I’m proud of it. It’s a subdivision as dissed above, but the school is located at the exit, which seems smart.
The older kids can walk, or more likely scooter home. However for the smaller kids they have rules about chain of custody. The teacher is watching as they pile out the door that they have someone to get them.
there are a few buses. Also a lot of buses to the various daycares. There’s a pickup lane, it has rules and maybe even its own frantic society. The school has smartly placed it on the back road rather than the exit road with heavy through traffic.
I’m not saying it’s perfect but it’s been thought through and it works.