Originally Posted by
Leisesturm
I've never known a school system that didn't have a volunteer network of crossing guards but their perimeter is usually less than 1/4 mile. Much less than 1/4 mile. And upper limit for their protection would be 6th grade.
Oddly, in my youth... in the '60s, I was a crossing guard, as a 5th and 6th grader. Interesting that now we seem to need adults to do this. BTW I know that isn't always the case... my local school in San Diego had kids that held stop signs on poles and blew a whistle and lowered the poles (like long lances) out toward the road for crossing access. So I guess adults are not required "everywhere."