The Appleton Area School District (AASD) is located within many communities within the Fox Cities (Appleton) Urbanized Area. Two schools, Badger Elementary School and Houdini Elementary School, are located within the Town of Grand Chute and are participating in the Town of Grand Chute SRTS Plan.

The Grand Chute Safe Routes to School (SRTS) committee was formed in the fall of 2007. The committee is compromised of representatives from a variety of entities (See Figure 1) including the Appleton Area School District, the Town of Grand Chute, law enforcement, a representative from the health profession, and parents.

In the winter of 2008, the Grand Chute SRTS task force pursued a WisDOT SRTS planning grant. The Grand Chute SRTS Program was awarded a WisDOT planning grant in the summer of 2008. The SRTS Planning process began in the fall of 2008 with the assistance of the East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (ECWRPC).

Two schools are participating in the SRTS program at this time. Each of these schools have specific safety issues pertaining to their school grounds and the areas surrounding the school. Bike and walk audits were conducted at each of the schools. These results will be discussed in a later section of this plan.