JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Parents at River City Science Academy (RCSA) are concerned about students crossing a busy intersection on Beach Blvd before and after school.
One parent tells Action News Jax she wants the school to do something before a student gets hit.
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“I’ve almost seen dozens of kids get smacked,” says Sandra Willis.
Willis has two children who attend RCSA.
Willis says she is concerned with students having to cross a very busy intersection.
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“The children are running across the road trying to get to the other side either going to school or coming from school and it’s like the people aren’t stopping for them,” said Willis.
The speed limit in the area where RCSA is 45 miles an hour and this stretch of road has a constant flow of traffic.
Today, we saw very young kids crossing the road, Willis says this intersection scares her, and she can only imagine what a child is thinking when they are trying to cross.
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“I’ve seen people literally do U-turns over that median going into Beach Blvd, right in front of that school. I’ve seen kids, they don’t get to the stop light, and they will run across the street to that median,” said Willis.
Now Willis wants something done about this before a child is seriously hurt.
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“Police officers coming up there and holding up the light or a crossing guard would be great to have over there or just to have a school zone, that’s a big thing,” said Willis.
We did reach out to RCSA for comment on this, but we’ve yet to hear back.
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