Reading school officials are sounding the alarm about repeated speeding and aggressive driving in school zones around the city.
Khalid Mumin, the Reading School District superintendent, put out a message via social media, reminding the public to slow down and obey the traffic signs.
The move follows several complaints from community members and the recent pedestrian accident involving two students outside Riverside Elementary School.
"When you see things happen like that, it certainly makes you pause and really think about what you can do to try to have a situation like that not be repeated in the future," said Chris Celmer, the assistant superintendent of business support services.
But the problem is not limited to just one or two schools. Celmer said it is a district-wide issue, something crossing guard Rebecca Bush can attest to.
"It is every day. The morning and the afternoon. The parents are all in a real hurry. Nobody does the 15-mile-an-hour," Bush said.
Bush, a district crossing guard for three years, said she takes her own life into her hands every time she steps out in the street to cross children .
"I was in the middle with the stop sign up crossing families and a lady ran the red light and turned, and I was turning to go back to the curb and almost got hit by her," recalled Bush.
That is why the district is working with the Reading Police Department's traffic division to see what it can do differently to warn drivers of children in the area.
"We are all here. We want to make sure our children are safe, and that was really the premise behind the message. Let us make sure we are really looking out for our children," said Celmer.
The school district reminds school bus drivers, parents and other drivers to slow down and be vigilant.
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