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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New poster. Haven't read all of the comments, but, have noted the general hostility.

We are an option school family. Our hub stop requires crossing S Carlin Springs Road. Thankfully either my spouse or myself are able to escort or drive our children to the stop everyday, but, there is no way I'd allow our kindergartener and 4th grader to attempt that crossing on their own.

Now my own safety concerns aside, S Carlin Springs Road is the main artery for Kenmore, Campbell, and accessing Carlin Springs Elementary School. Every day there are countless kids trying to navigate that wildly unsafe stretch of road--which has no buffer between the street and sidewalk in many long stretches, and it boggles my mind that the county does not even at least put in a crossing guard at one of the key interchanges. For a county and school system that will die on the hill of equity, they apparently are only willing to do in certain instances which most suit them. I have raised my concerns to the County Board and School Board, and know that there are even groups advocating for greater pedestrian safety, and yet, here we are...[/quote]

Carlin Springs Rd near Kenmore is such a dangerous stretch of road for pedestrians and vehicular traffic. You could dispatch an entire fleet of crossing guards and it would still be unsafe. I agree that the county needs to take significant measures to fix that mess. I’ve had kids literally fall off the sidewalk in front of my vehicle as school is letting out (I stopped without incident, but it’s not something a crossing guard would have prevented).[/quote]

We are near Carlin Springs Rd too and attend the middle school. It's so bad at this point with the traffic and pedestrians. We hate having to walk around in that area and we live right there. I've been advocating for some sort of change but it's not something that anyone wants to hear about. I won't be sad when we are done with Kenmore for that reason along. :( [/quote]

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