Crossing Guard Locations
If your child walks to school, please review the following safety tips:
- Spend time walking with their children and observe how they deal with traffic.
- Choose the route to school that is the safest for their child. Take the same way every day and avoid shortcuts.
- EASD and local municipalities provide crossing guards at several intersections throughout the community. When possible and when applicable, parents of children who walk to school should choose the route where a crossing guard is positioned (see below for crossing guard locations).
- Remind children to demonstrate proper pedestrian behavior. It’s extremely important for them to look left-right-left. Walk facing traffic.
- Pick the place where their child will cross the street. Never enter the road between parked cars or behind bushes or shrubs. Cross streets at corners. Use traffic signals, pedestrian crossing signals, and crosswalks whenever possible.
- Provide children with bright clothing so motorists can easily see them.