LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Three native excessive faculties now have crossing guards, which is a change that comes after months of oldsters pushing for safer streets. A type of faculties is Arbor View Excessive College in Centennial Hills, the place a pupil was killed whereas strolling to highschool a couple of months in the past.
Weekdays are a mixture of site visitors and teenagers, with dozens of automobiles and college students all transferring without delay, alongside Buffalo Drive close to Arbor View Excessive College. Till lately, it was a bunch of decided mothers who volunteered to get college students throughout the road safely.
“Traffic before was horrific; it was terrible. The kids had to play ‘Frogger’ to get across the street,” Krista Holloway, Founding father of Stroll Safely LV, stated. “I came out here twice a day. I would come in the morning. I would come in the afternoon for roughly 30 minutes to an hour each time.”
Holloway began Stroll Safely LV in early Might after 18-year-old McKenzie Scott was hit and killed whereas leaving college. The incident sparked outrage and a name for change and these mothers stepped up.
“I decided something’s gotta be done,” Holloway stated. “If it means taking my own time to stand out there and keep kids safe, I’ll keep doing it, and we’ll do it over and over again all over the city if we have to.”
And he or she’s not alone. Tammi Stillwell additionally has teenagers at Arbor View.
“We’ve watched kids nearly get hit, and I just couldn’t watch it anymore. When they started asking for volunteers, I had to be here,” Stillwell stated.
Town additionally stepped in, hiring official crossing guards for Arbor View Excessive College.
“It means a lot,” Holloway stated. “It’s really helpful that everybody pitched in, and the city listened, and the school district helped out.”
Past crossing guards, town additionally added elevated security measures like flashing lights and repainted crosswalks alongside Buffalo Drive close to Whispering Sands Drive. Metropolis crossing guards are additionally assigned to Cimarron Excessive College and Palo Verde Excessive College.
“We accomplished what we wanted to accomplish, and it’s reflective all over the city; it’s not just Arbor View,” Holloway stated.
