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The community calls for McKenzie Scott's death Brewalk improvements

The community calls for McKenzie Scott's death Brewalk improvements

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Las Vegas (KTNV)-after 18-year-old McKenzie Scott last week on a crosswalk outside the Arbor View High School was killed and killed in a tragic way, parents and students hope for changes to improve security on the streets of the school.

O'clock | Parents and students have a change in demand to improve traffic safety near the schools

The community calls for McKenzie Scott's death Brewalk improvements

“My son goes out here and he could have been,” said Chris Copeland's parent on Tuesday. “We don't even live that far from here, so I tried to pick it up just to protect him.”

Copeland said he didn't want his son to go more after and from school after hearing the news of Scott's death last week and because he drives people on the Arbor View Campus.

I asked Copeland what he had to be done to improve security at school.

“At least cross at least security guards,” said Copeland. “If you can get the flashing lights [on the crosswalk] That would be cool and maybe another crosswalk would be good. Many children don't want to go all the way here to cross, so just cut over [Buffalo]. “

Parents are not the only ones who want to change outside of Arbor View.

“I have had my own incidents – I go here every day, I've been doing it for four years,” said Arbor View, Senior Lola Huntsman, on Monday to Channel 13. “There must be Cross Guards, there must be traffic lights. It breaks my heart that such a tragedy had to happen so that we really recognize it.”

O'clock | How colleagues Arbor classmates and community members remind of McKenzie Scott

How colleagues Arbor classmates and community members remind of McKenzie Scott

After the death of McKenzie's death on Friday, a petition began in which further crossing guards and traffic control outside the CCSD schools now have over 1,400 signatures.

The city of Las Vegas cited on social media that the traffic engineers were on the road on Monday and analyzed the area in which Scott was killed. Therefore, Channel 13 turned to the city to better understand what they did and how it could improve the security near Arbor.

In a statement on channel 13, the city said that it worked with Arbor View in 2024 after reports on dangerous driving and U -turn during the top acceptance and pick -up times were reported.

Their solution at the time was to install the roadside divider along the whisper Sands Drive on the south side of the school near his front office, which is still present to this day.

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Lane divider on the whispering of Sands Drive outside the Arbor View High School.

The city says that you are looking for service inquiries, but have not yet found any inquiries to improve security on the zebra crossing on Buffalo, but added that you will now carry out a traffic study for the area that includes the lights of school zones.

With regard to the possibility of assigning ARBOR View Crossing Guards, only the city of Las Vegas at primary schools are currently crossed, but evaluated whether the program should be expanded at middle and high schools.

Since November, the Cimarron Memorial High School and the Gibson Middle School Cimarron-Memorial High School and Gibson Middle School have been placed. The city's spokesman informed Channel 13 that the feedback of the community has been mixed so far, but they will continue to monitor the data by the end of the school year and use them to influence their decision -making process in the future.

Full statement from the city of Las Vegas

With regard to the improvement of road safety, the city worked with the school in 2024 to install the lane divider along whispering sands on the front of the school. At pick-up and submission times, we received reports on U-tunes and other dangerous activities on this street, while the students arrived or left the school.

Our team is looking for service inquiries, but so far we do not show that we have not received any inquiries for the zebra crossing in Buffalo. The city will carry out a traffic study for the area. As we have discussed, there are flashing school zone lights on Buffalo.

The city works closely with CCSD, the CCSD police and the U -Bahn police to make our streets for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers secure. Streets are a security problem of the community, and everyone in the community must be vigilant and make good decisions when using the streets.

Cross the security guard

Between November 2024 and May 2025, the city had a pilot program at the Cimarron High School and the Gibson Middle School. This initiative aims to examine the effectiveness of the violation of guards at secondary schools that go beyond primary schools and have already presented this service. The decision for this pilot was based on the entrance to the community, the number of student crossings, the number of visitors and the feedback, which were collected by surveys. We will continue to collect survey answers and traffic data throughout the pilot in order to better understand the effects.

While the previous community feedback has been mixed, this program provides valuable insights that help to guide future decisions to the efficient assignment of resources. By monitoring traffic data and observation conditions at these locations, we want to understand whether the pilot has improved security or highlighted new areas of need. This continuous review will ensure that our Crossing Guard program reacts to the needs of the community and is geared towards the available resources. The results are taken into account when evaluating the future of the program in the annual budget process.

Complete explanation of the Clark County School District

The entire district mourns the loss of this student.

As you know, traffic safety is a community matter, and the entire community needs security for and from school every day. We work continuously with our city partners for traffic safety in the community and especially near our schools.

For the time being, parents and students in the Arbor View High School are particularly careful.

“Maybe you want to slow down even more,” said Copeland. “You never know when a child will jump in front of you or that one of these parents jumps out. It's crazy.”

On Wednesday morning at 6:30 a.m., a group gathers for “justice for McKenzie Scott” at the intersection of Grand Teton and Buffalo to a rally “Justice for McKenzie Scott” on the Chipotle North of the Arbor View. The organizers say that they can bring signs and flanell – McKenzie's favorite – to wear support and solidarity with their family on a show.

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