ALAMEDA COUNTY, Calif. -- The Alameda County Transportation Commission and the Alameda County Safe Routes to Schools Program recently announced that San Leandro High School is the winner of the 2019 Platinum Sneaker Award. The school was honored by Alameda CTC at its Commission Meeting in Oakland today. San Leandro High School was one of 89 schools participating in the countywide Golden Sneaker Contest and has the additional distinction of being the first ever high school to receive the Platinum Sneaker Award.

This award is the top prize for the Golden Sneaker Contest, which was held from February 25– March 8. While each school recognizes its winning classroom, the Alameda CTC presents the Platinum Sneaker award to the school with the highest percent increase of students using active or shared transportation, such as walking, bicycling, taking transit, or carpooling, to travel to school. Seventy-seven percent of participating San Leandro High School students used alternative modes of transportation during the contest, resulting in over 1,800 active trips.

“Every year the Golden Sneaker Contest encourages students and families throughout Alameda County to try new active and healthy ways to get to school,” says Alameda CTC Chair Richard Valle, Alameda County District 2 Supervisor. “We hope these transportation choices become habits that will last a lifetime.”