RACINE — A program aimed at getting Racine Unified students to school safely and on time is hoping to expand but needs more volunteers to do so.

Stuart Wood serves as the Walking School Bus coordinator for United Way of Racine County, while his son Spencer Wood volunteers with the program.

Father-son duo helps get Racine kids to school through the Walking School Bus program

Together, they walk through neighborhoods near Knapp and Julian Thomas elementary schools nearly every weekday morning, picking up students near their homes and escorting them to school.

"Getting up in the morning and walking these students to school every day is amazing," Stuart Wood said.

The program operates like a traditional school bus, but on foot. The group makes stops to collect more students along the rout

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