More kids in school than in town?

I grew up in Wann, where there were more chilren in the school than there were citizens in town.  

The town claimed to have a population of 110, and the school enrollment exceeded 200.  The buses ran out into the countryside and picked up kids, and the kids around town usually walked the one to four blocks.  I say one to four blocks because that's how far it was across town.  

If we walked more than four blocks, we were outside the city limits.  My two brothers, and our baby sister lived a half mile South of town, so we made the short trek everyday that the weather permitted.

I can't say we walked a mile uphill to school and a mile uphill back home, or that we walked a mile in the snow or rain, but we made the journey on some very hot days and some that were really cold. 

On hot days we would try to run to stay in the shadow of the passing clouds, and on those days when an unexpected shower popped up, we ran through the rain.

We always enjoyed the walk, or run, because we could catch up on how the day went for our siblings.