LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Metropolis of Las Vegas leaders accepted funding Wednesday to rent crossing guards for 16 center faculties and three excessive faculties, which suggests all faculties within the metropolis limits will probably be lined.
The town accepted and added $415,000 to its $2.8 million funds for crossing guards for the 2025-2026 college 12 months. Earlier than that, town had solely budgeted to rent crossing guards at 72 elementary faculties.
Based on a metropolis information launch, the brand new crossing guards won’t be in place for the beginning of the brand new college 12 months. As crossing guards are employed, they are going to start working on the center faculties situated in essentially the most hazardous visitors corridors after which fill in the remaining till all the colleges have guards.
This transfer comes after a pilot program the place town had crossing guards at Cimarron-Memorial Excessive Faculty and Gibson Center Faculty between November 2025 by means of Might 2025. This system was initiated after neighborhood enter.
Based on town, this system confirmed “there was better compliance to traffic laws for vehicles and pedestrians when crossing guards were present.” As well as, pedestrians mentioned they felt safer.
