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Principal"s Message:
District Message:
Community Works Together To Increase Safety Around Train Tracks
How often do you see someone walking their dog, taking a short cut, or goofing off around the train tracks that run through our city? Once is too often, according to members of the City of Lakewood, Police Department, School District, PTA, and Norfolk & Southern Railroad Company. That is why these groups have come together to educate the community about the dangers of walking on the tracks.
During the week of May 15, which has been designated as the National Operation LifeSaver Train Safety Week, Lakewood will kick off a brand new program designed to communicate this danger to people in our community, and to make them aware that this is now an enforceable infringement of the law. You will be hearing more about this program in the coming weeks. Part of the program includes: new signs posted at all crossings, and along the tracks; educational materials distributed to students and parents; warnings to be issued to those caught walking on the tracks; and eventually, anyone caught walking along the tracks will be fined.
Our community cares about each individual, young and old, and wants to help educate everyone about the dangers of choosing to walk or play around train tracks. You can help by talking to your children about this issue and encouraging them to stay off the train tracks.
Lakewood Board of Education
Betsy Shaughnessy, President
Linda Beebe, Vice President
Edward Favre
W. Charles Geiger, III
Debra Sweeney |
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