'They don't stop': Crossing guards on West Shore Parkway being repositioned due to safety concerns
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Last month the Sooke School District put out a public plea to drivers to slow down, pay attention to the guards and to be respectful. Unfortunately, that never happened. The school district is now redrawing the map and repositioning its crossing guards before someone gets seriously hurt.
Crossing guards at the roundabout on West Shore Parkway say they’ve seen and it all.
“We’ve had one of our crossing guards get bumped by a car,” said Kailey Sutherland, Crossing Guard with the Sooke School District. “We’ve had lots of close calls with kids, we’ve been sworn at.”
Hundreds of drivers pass through the roundabout daily on their morning commute, some not obeying the authority of the crossing guards.
“People go right through us, they don’t stop,” said Sutherland.
If this story sounds familiar, it is.
Last month the Sooke School District put out a public plea to drivers to slow down, pay attention to the guards and to be respectful. Unfortunately, that never happened.
The school district is now redrawing the map and repositioning its crossing guards before someone gets seriously hurt.
