Full Notification

This week and next, children in the town will be returning to school and walking to and from the schools and the school buses. Everyone who drives has a responsibility to be especially careful during this busy time for youngsters.
Hundreds of young children are killed each year in collisions with motor vehicles and thousands more are severely injured. Children tend to be at greater risk during the back-to-school period because they are thinking more about seeing old friends and meeting new teachers than watching for cars and trucks. Others are going to school for the first time.
To help protect these children, the following Pedestrian Safety Tips are being offered:
* Look both ways before crossing the street.
* Cross only at corners.
* Obey police officers, school crossing guards, and traffic signals.
* Watch for turning cars.
* Be especially alert in bad weather.
* Play away from traffic.