All aboard Holmes Elementary's 'bike bus,'

For a handful of Holmes Elementary kids, the big yellow school bus is out and the “bike bus” is in.

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Fri., Oct. 4, 2024

Volunteer Barb Stuebing, who first suggested a "bike bus" concept for kids riding bikes home from Holmes Elementary School, lubricants on bikes for kids in the West Central neighborhood Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. The "bike bus" concept of having adults ride to and from school with children is catching on after River City Youth Ops started a bike bus program at Holmes Elementary.

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Hailey Coll, right, watches as she leads a group of elementary kids on bikes away from Holmes Elementary School in the West Central Neighborhood on Thursday in Spokane.

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Hailey Coll, center, leads a group of elementary kids on bikes home from Holmes Elementary School in the West Central neighborhood Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. The "bike bus" concept of having adults ride to and from school with children is catching on after River City Youth Ops started a bike bus program at Holmes Elementary.

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Chelsea Hardenbrook,left, helps a student adjust her seat height before a "bike bus" leaves from Holmes Elementary School in the West Central neighborhood Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. The "bike bus" concept of having adults ride to and from school with children is catching on after Hardenbrook's group, River City Youth Ops, started a bike bus program at Holmes Elementary.

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Hailey Coll, right, signals as she leads a group of elementary kids on bikes up to a corner on their way home from Holmes Elementary School on Thursday in Spokane’s West Central Neighborhood.

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Hailey Coll, front, watches as she leads a group of elementary kids on bikes down Broaday Avenue on their way home from Holmes Elementary School in the West Central neighborhood Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. The "bike bus" concept of having adults ride to and from school with children is catching on after River City Youth Ops started a bike bus program at Holmes Elementary.

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Hailey Coll, front, looks for traffic as she leads a group of elementary kids on bikes down Broadway Avenue on their way home from Holmes Elementary School in the West Central neighborhood Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. The "bike bus" concept of having adults ride to and from school with children is catching on after River City Youth Ops started a bike bus program at Holmes Elementary.

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Taking up the rear of the group at left is volunteer Tami Linene-Booey while she and Hailey Coll, at the front, leads a group of elementary kids on bikes down Broadway Avenue on their way home from Holmes Elementary School in the West Central neighborhood Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. The "bike bus" concept of having adults ride to and from school with children is catching on after River City Youth Ops started a bike bus program at Holmes Elementary.

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Hailey Coll, front, looks for traffic as she leads a group of elementary kids on bikes up to a corner on their way home from Holmes Elementary School in the West Central neighborhood Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Taking up the rear of the group is volunteer Tami Linene-Booey, behind. The "bike bus" concept of having adults ride to and from school with children is catching on after River City Youth Ops started a bike bus program at Holmes Elementary.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Hailey Coll, right, signals as she leads a group of elementary kids on bikes up to a corner on their way home from Holmes Elementary School in the West Central neighborhood Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Taking up the rear of the group is volunteer Tami Linene-Booey at far left. The "bike bus" concept of having adults ride to and from school with children is catching on after River City Youth Ops started a bike bus program at Holmes Elementary.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review