<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1dEfN7_1GumL8LE00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1dEfN7_1GumL8LE00" width="212" height="347" ></figure>In a series of budget reductions, crossing guards were removed from 10 Fairfax County public high schools, including WS. Following safety concerns raised after the start of the school year, the Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) temporarily reinstated the guards before the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors later made their return permanent.At WS, a crossing guard was provided by the FCPD to manage pedestrian traffic near the Grigsby Drive entrance. One of the major crosswalks used by students who walk to school was the Rolling Road crosswalk which connects to the Grigsby Drive entrance.“The crossing guard is not a WS employee, but they were responsible for maintaining safe arrival and dismissal at the Grigsby Road entrance. We followed a different traffic pattern.when we had the crossing guard which included buses dropping off at Door 5 and Kiss n’ Ride traffic dropping off at door 1,” said security guard Bradley Adams.After the first day of school, WS went approximately nine days without a crossing guard. During that time, parents and students raised safety concerns due to the high volume of cars on Rolling Road.It’s just not safe in general considering this school is really big, it’s over 2,000 students. A lot of people walk out of school at the end of the day.-Vivian Nguyen, sophomore“I did feel unsafe when I initially crossed without the crossing guard. When I was crossing Rolling Road to get to school.on the first week there were a lot of cars trying to turn into the school as well as cars driving straight across. The majority of the cars wouldn’t stop to let [other students and I] walk across,” said junior Annie Tran.Aside from the safety concerns of walking across a busy street without someone to direct the flow of traffic, the absence of crossing guards also affected students’ morning commutes. During the nine days without a crossing guard, some students changed their usual routes to school.“When the crossing guard was gone from my normal route to school, I had to go a different route because the new route that I went on had a crosswalk with a light. Although it was safer, it took longer for me to get to school,” said Tran.</div></body>

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In a series of budget reductions, crossing guards were removed from 10 Fairfax County public high schools, including WS. Following safety concerns raised after the start of the school year, the Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) temporarily reinstated the guards before the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors later made their return permanent.

Removal & reinstatement: Changes to crossing guards at WS

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In a series of budget reductions, crossing guards were removed from 10 Fairfax County public high schools, including WS. Following safety concerns raised a

Removal & reinstatement: Changes to crossing guards at WS

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