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| Aiden Rico Gnl2student and representative gfSebastian Charter Junior High |8nlher8. to <br />request that we expand our school zone for our school. A lot of people do not know it is a <br />school, and get frustrated when traffic backs upduring drop off and pick uptimes. |Ofact it's <br />pretty common for drivers t0speed past the line ofcars waiting topick uptheir students. This <br />makes it incredibly dangerous for our students. It's also very dangerous for the drivers because <br />they get very impatient and drive recklessly to get out of the school traffic. And we all know that <br />reckless driving kills, | originally asked my resource officer, Officer Penn, why we didn't have @ <br />more pronounced school zone and she believed that itwas because vve didn't have enough <br />students. SCJH is a small school. We have only 260 students at our school. But every one of <br />those students matters just aamuch aaany other student inthis county. For the safety Vfour <br />students | request that the school zone beexpanded U]include Fleming and George Stwith a <br />20 mph speed limit during our drop off and pick up times. I also request that the school zone <br />signs have flashing yellow lights to alert oncoming traffic to slow. down. 271 people in the <br />community agree so strongly with our need for an expanded school zone that they have signed <br />a petition which I submit to you today along with our request. Thank you very much for your time <br />today. I hope you believe as strongly as I do that students at Sebastian charter junior high <br />need <br />these extra precautions tostay safe. Thank you. <br />----------- <br />�_� . <br />