LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The Clark County School District plans to identify “hotspots” that need pedestrian safety improvements as County leaders approved funding for some school crosswalk changes.
FOX5 has learned commissioners approved $2 million for pedestrian or school flasher systems outside parks or schools as part of an allocation from the County Capital Projects Fund.
Two intersections outside schools will get flasher systems, according to County officials: Buffalo Drive and Viking Road outside Spring Valley High School, and Jimmy Durante Boulevard and Flamingo Road by Cynthia Cunningham Elementary.
Both these schools are along major Las Vegas Valley thoroughfares.
According to the UNLV Traffic Safety Coalition, in the 2024-2025 school year, county data showed two pedestrians and one bicyclist were struck by vehicles outside Spring Valley High.
No pedestrians were struck outside Cunningham Elementary last year, according to data obtained by the Coalition. However, families and crossing guards tell FOX5 that drivers along the busy Flamingo Road can cause problems.
FOX5 has asked County officials when these improvements will come to these areas.
“Everybody drives crazy here. I think it’s a little too busy for kids,” said father Edward, who walks their child home.
Parents praised the diligent work of crossing guards to keep families safe.
Drivers traveling eastbound on Flamingo Road do not yield sometimes, one crossing guard tells FOX5, prompting them to blow their whistle.
After the death of an Arbor View High senior last school year, much work has been done to ramp up the presence of crossing guards, add street improvements or rally parent volunteers for patrols.
CCSD Police provided the following statistics for the 2024-2025 school year:
- 122 kids were struck by vehicles going to and from school
- CCSD Police performed 13,139 traffic stops
- 7,784 citations were issued
Since the start of the 2025-2026 school year on August 11, CCSD Police shared the following statistics:
- 48 juveniles were struck by cars
- Of those children, 39 were CCSD students
- CCSD Police conducted 2,383 traffic stops
- 1,177 traffic citations were issued
CCSD’s Chief Engagement Officer Kirsten Searer shared insight on how the District communicates the need for street improvements in certain areas.
“When we see emails coming in from parents or members of the community who are voicing concern about certain areas, we forward that on to the municipalities,” Searer said.
“Our CCSD PD– they track where we’ve had the incidents where students have had accidents,” she said.
CCSD officials said Metro Police also respond to pedestrian accidents outside schools.
A forthcoming working group with District leaders, city and county leaders, and local police agencies will work to identify critical streets outside schools that need improvements.
“We are looking for, obviously, the hotspots, the most troublesome areas where we’re seeing congestion or concerns from our community. In a perfect world, we would have flashing lights at every school and, crosswalks everywhere and crossing guards everywhere. But we know we’re working with limited resources,” Searer said.
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