Full Notification

8/1/2016 SOME AREA SCHOOLS WILL BE BACK IN SESSION TOMORROW

The Marshall County Emergency Management Agency would like to remind everyone that a new school year is underway and drivers need to be proactive in order to keep kids safe as they head back to school.

Here are some simple reminders for drivers:
• Reduce any distractions inside your car so you can concentrate on the road and your surroundings. Put down your cell phone and don’t talk or text while driving.

• Slow down and be especially alert in residential neighborhoods and school zones.
• Take extra time to look for kids at intersections, on medians and between vehicles.

• Enter and exit driveways and alleys slowly and carefully.

• Be aware of kids riding bicycles.

• Watch for children on and near the road in the morning and after school hours.

• Always stop for a school bus that has stopped to load or unload passengers. Yellow flashing lights indicate the bus is about to make a stop. Red flashing lights and an extended stop arm tell you the school bus is stopped to load and unload children.

• Traffic on an undivided highway must stop in both directions when
• Always stop for a school crossing guard in the roadway.