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| Safety
Tips for Getting Your Child to and
from School Safely |
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- Know
the routes your children are taking to and from
school.
- Walk the routes with your children every now
and then, no matter how old they are, to identify anything
that causes you concern, and report possible dangerous
situations (non-emergency 777-3333).
- Make sure your child leaves on time for school
and informs you if he/she will be late coming home.
Look out for them.
- Talk with your neighbors and know the parents
of other children and encourage your children to walk
together.
- If your school has a crossing guard or parent
patrol, introduce your child to them.
- Get involved! For information on how to volunteer
or start a parent patrol, call (510) 615-5576.
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| Safety
Tips to Review with Children |
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- Leave home on time so that you get to school
on time.
- Walk to school in groups of two or more.
- Let someone know when you leave and when you
get back home.
- Always follow the safest route to school. Use
main streets; avoid dimly lit areas, alleys,
backyards, shortcuts and abandoned buildings.
- Stay alert. Be aware of what’s going
on around you at all times. Change directions
or cross the street if you think you are being
followed.
- Never talk to strangers or accept rides from
them. If a stranger tries to grab you, fight
and yell help! Run away from him/her and to
where there are people.
- Obey the traffic lights. Cross the street when
the sign says walk or when there is a green
light. Look both ways and never run across
the street. Always cross at the corner.
- Be prepared and have a safe walk to school!
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| Safe
Walk to School is a program of the City of Oakland,
Department of Human Services. We work closely with
the Oakland Police Department, the Community and
Economic Development Agency, the Public Works Agency,
the Oakland Pedestrian Safety Project, the Office
of Parks and Recreation, the Oakland Unified School
District, the OUSD HEROES Volunteer Program, Caltrans,
and AC Transit. |
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| School
and Neighborhood Selection |
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 Safe
Walk to School works with its partners to determine
which neighborhoods and schools can be served by
the program. Selection is based on the severity
of safety issues near elementary and middle schools
and Community Development Block Grant funding appropriations.
Incidents of crime and dangerous traffic patterns
are considered when assigning monitors to school
neighborhoods. For further information or to volunteer,
please contact:
SAFE WALK TO SCHOOL
Department of Human Services
150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza,
Suite #4340
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone: 510-615-5576
Fax: 510-238-4971
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| Volunteer
for Safe Walk to School |
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| SWS
also helps establish volunteer safety patrols for
schools that need them, providing the supplies
and proper training needed to get started. More » |
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