Please help us to get a crossing guard assigned to our school's corner. This is a busy commercial street that many neighborhood children must cross on their way to our school, and many other area schools.
Why is this important?
The Renaissance Charter School is a PreK-12 public school serving Jackson Heights and surrounding neighborhoods in Western Queens. On September 4th, four days before the start of school, we were informed by the NYPD that they were short staffed and had no crossing guard for our corner. We are on the corner of a busy commercial street, with a public bus stop right in front of our building and many of our students, as well as students attending other local schools, cross this corner on their way to school. Unfortunately, this neighborhood has had many incidents in recent years involving car accidents with children. Our families entrust the care of their children to us and their safety on the streets is a part of that responsibility. Please help us to once again have a crossing guard assigned to our school's street - it is in the best interest of everyone in the neighborhood. Thank you.
