{"id":3704,"date":"2019-09-05T10:33:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T14:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/nowakj\/?p=3704"},"modified":"2019-09-05T10:33:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T14:33:42","slug":"school-zone-safety-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/nowakj\/2019\/09\/05\/school-zone-safety-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"School Zone Safety Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Dearborn Police Department takes your children\u2019s safety seriously and so must you. With the beginning of the new school year I would like to remind parents that we understand how congested and frustrating school zones can become in the morning and afternoon when dropping off or picking up children. However, poor driving habits1 parking violations, and aggressive driving near schools, all create an unsafe environment for our children. We are asking all parents to do their part in promoting \u201csafe and orderly- school zones\u201d to ensure child safety.&nbsp;<br>To help reduce congestion and provide a safer environment keep these points in mind when dropping off or picking up your children:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Walk children to school when possible.<\/li><li>Drop off\/pick up children a short distance away from school, when\/if possible. This alleviates traffic congestion around our schools.<\/li><li>Once your child is out of the car and safely on the sidewalk vacate the area to make room for other parents to drop off their children. (Do Not- Double Park)<\/li><li>Be mindful of school staff and crossing guards. They are there for your child\u2019s safety<\/li><li>Be a \u201cGood Neighbor\u201d, by being mindful of residents who live near school zones.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dearborn Police Department takes your children\u2019s safety seriously and so must you. With the beginning of the new school year I would like to remind parents that we understand how congested and frustrating school zones can become in the morning and afternoon when dropping off or picking up children. However, poor driving habits1 parking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-helpful-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/nowakj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/nowakj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/nowakj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/nowakj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/nowakj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3704"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/nowakj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3706,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/nowakj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3704\/revisions\/3706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/nowakj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/nowakj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/nowakj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}