Crossing Guard Program Policy
Summary
The new policy takes crossing guard placements out of politics and puts them through an annual data-driven review, with ten school-based and eight at-large locations. Residents still worry about e-bike traffic and the lost guard at Ford and Aviation.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 4
- Last 30 days
- 0
Last discussed Jul 21, 2026.
Impact analysis
The 18-location program is funded in the police department's core budget after the May 2026 reduction from 27 locations; residents raised cost-sharing with the school district as an open question.
Students and families, plus taxpayers who get an objective review instead of politically placed guards.
Jefferson School-area parents who lost the guard near Ford and Aviation and at Harkness and Morgan Lane.
Mentions & discussions (4)
City Council — July 21, 2026
The new policy takes crossing guard placements out of politics and puts them through an annual data-driven review, with ten school-based and eight at-large locations. Residents still worry about e-bike traffic and the lost guard at Ford and Aviation.
City Council — July 14, 2026
A proposed procedural model for reviewing the crossing guard program comes to council on July 21, after earlier debates over funding.
City Council — May 19, 2026
The proposed budget would cut nine crossing guards, including one at Lilienthal and Ralston serving Washington Elementary and Adams Middle School. Parents say the guard added in 2023 after years of advocacy is working and e-bikes make the intersection riskier than ever.
City Council — March 31, 2026
The council approved moving a school crossing guard to the intersection of Ford Avenue and Artesia Boulevard to improve student pedestrian safety starting in April.
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