Crosswalk Where Boy was Hit Will Continue to Have Guard
A crosswalk on Arbor Street where a boy was hit by a car last summer will continue to have a crossing guard this school year.
A crosswalk on Arbor Street will continued to be staffed by a crossing guard at school opening and closing time. A boy was struck by a car and injured his leg along that section of Arbor Street last June. Since then, Superintendent Michael Harvey said parents and residents had expressed concern about safety in the area as students head to and from Buker Elementary School, which is around the corner on School Street. “There was a lot of concern about children crossing at that crosswalk without an adult there,” Harvey said. There has been a crossing guard at the crosswalk since the second week in September, Harvey said. Just recently, the position became open and the position has been advertised. Harvey said the plan is continue to staff and…
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7:20 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
part of the issues is that due to the position of the lights to the cross walk a driver cant see the actual light when stopped...even when the light turns green most of the time you have to wait until someone beeps so you know its no longer red. A bigger issue is all the commercial business and the cars being parked on both sides of the street turning 1-A into a virtual one lane road. We will … more ›