Safe Routes to School
{Sidewalk Locations}
Overview
Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is a federal, state and local effort to enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school - and to make walking and bicycling to school safe and appealing.
In New Jersey, as in other parts of this country, travel to school by walking and bicycling has declined dramatically over the past several decades. The adverse impacts of this trend on air quality, traffic congestion and childhood health are alarming.
The goal of New Jersey's Safe Routes to School Program is to assist New Jersey communities in developing and implementing projects and programs that encourage walking and bicycling to school while enhancing the safety of these trips.
These programs can bring a wide range of benefits to students and the community. These include an easy way for children to get the regular physical activity they need for good health and even to ease traffic jams and reduce pollution around schools.
A major goal of the program is to increase bicycle, pedestrian and traffic safety. Successful Safe Routes to School programs in the United States usually includes one or more of these approaches: engineering, enforcement, education, encouragement.
Crossing Guards Placement 2010-2011 School Year
- 1 CG positioned just past the BHS entrance (sidewalk from Pennsylvania should continue past the BHS entrance and stop signs with a crosswalk)
- 2 CG positioned at Barnegat Blvd. and Bengal Blvd. and will cross students at the intersection of Rose Hill and Bengal Blvd.
- 2 CG positioned at Ravenwood and Barnegat Blvd.
- 1 CG positioned at ROBMS driveway
- 1 CG positioned at Bowline and Village
- 2 CG positioned at East Village and Barnegat Blvd.
- 1 CG positioned at parent drop off at Bayside
- 1 CG positioned at Gunning River and Barnegat Blvd. (sidewalk connected at Willowtree to Treasured Angels crosswalk)
- 2 CG positioned at The Dunfee exit driveway due to high traffic and student volume
- 1 CG positioned at West Village and Barnegat Blvd.
- 1 CG positioned at Schooner Ave and Village due to high volume and visual obstructions
- 1 CG positioned at the Donahue entrance due to the heavily wooded area and project playground.
Board Policy for Student Placement
The Board directs that the assignment of students within the school be the responsibility of the Building Principal. No requests for teacher placement will be accepted. Exceptions deemed necessary by Building Principals include:
1. Separate twins, brothers and sisters, or other close relatives.
2. Honor teacher's or Principal's professional judgment.
3. Separate potential discipline problems.
4. Implement Child Study Team recommendations.
5. Alleviate class imbalance.
The Board directs that intradistrict movement of students from one school to another be the responsibility of the Superintendent of Schools. Students will be assigned geographically to schools. No requests for school assignments will be accepted. Exceptions deemed necessary by the Superintendent of Schools include:
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alleviate class size imbalance
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assignment to a program unique to a school
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honor a teacher's or administrator's professional judgment
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ensure the health and safety of a student
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implement CST recommendations,
All requests are to be submitted in writing to the Building Principal or School Superintendent (intradistrict transfer) prior to the beginning of school. Parental notification shall be given no later than the first day of August.
Adopted: 21 January 2003
