School and town officials are teaming up to improve student safety in the Town of Bourbon.
A new crossing guard program at Triton was discussed by the Bourbon Town Council when members they met for their first meeting of the year last Tuesday.
The program was started on Tuesday, January 8th, when students returned from winter break and the guards are set up at busy intersections near the school.
According to Clerk-Treasurer Kim Berger, town employees cover the crossing guard duties in the morning and then school employees take care of them in the afternoon. She said it is specifically members of the street and utility department who handle the Town’s shift and they work for their regular rate during that time.
Triton Superintendent Jeremy Riffle said discussions about this program have been in the works for a while and officials have been coordinating about the logistics for a few years.
Recent events that have drawn attention to the importance of being proactive about student safety inspired officials to finalize plans and get the program in place.
Superintendent Riffle noted that one of the school’s substitute teachers and a playground supervisor are serving as crossing guards during the school’s shift in the afternoon.
Riffle said he’s very grateful for this collaboration between
town and school officials. He said they’re doing what they can to ensure the
procedures for the morning and afternoon are consistent.
Riffle explained, “We’ve met with the Town department that’s doing the mornings so we’re doing everything similar. The only thing that’s different with theirs is that they’re actually bringing the Town truck down so in the mornings when it’s dark, they’ll actually have that lit up.”
He continued, “So everything else, the expectations and how we’re walking them across, they’re all alike”
The new positions will be discussed more when the Triton School Board meets tonight.
