LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – In a single week, Las Vegas highschool college students turned a memorial right into a motive for change, however the college district is drawing a line on the place their duties start and finish.
Throughout a morning Clark County Faculty District information convention, college leaders expressed grief following the dying of 18-year-old McKenzie Scott. She was killed Thursday when police mentioned an alleged drunk driver struck her whereas she walked by a crosswalk in entrance of Arbor View Excessive Faculty.
“Please remain vigilant and cautious in the areas near our schools the safety of our students is a shared responsibility,” CCSD Police Chief Henry Blackeye mentioned. “We must continue to work together to protect and support them.”
The subject crossed into a day CCSD Faculty Board assembly, the place Arbor View Excessive Faculty College students cited every of their requests.
“I love them to put in a pedestrian activated beacon, talking to different construction companies, a rectangular rapid flashing beacon, even repainting the crossing walk that is fairly faded, a speed bump,” Hannah Cohn, a scholar, mentioned. “Also addressing the miles per hour on Buffalo [Drive]. It’s 40 miles per hour during the school hours, which are very short.”
Cohn mentioned she understood a few of the duty stays on the Metropolis of Las Vegas, which has examined the crosswalk for attainable additional enchancment.
“I’m aware that the city is more in charge of making change of crossing guards and putting in construction and getting things into motion,” Cohn mentioned. “But the voice of CCSD as a board themselves, is a huge push for the city, for them to actually get stuff done. So, it’s just having the board support.”
