Crossing guards planned for Las Vegas middle schools, select high schools

Las Vegas officials are planning to add crossing guards to middle schools and select high schools in their jurisdiction starting this school year, after previously stating they were not prepared to add the safety measure to secondary schools in the city.

Staff at Wednesday’s Las Vegas City Council meeting were directed to bring an item back to the council at a future meeting that, if approved, would see crossing guards at the 16 Clark County School District middle schools and three high schools within Las Vegas city limits.

Should the proposal prove successful, the city would spend an additional $415,000 this school year to add crossing guards to middle schools and select high schools, on top of the $2.87 million that Las Vegas already has budgeted for the 287 guards at 72 elementary sch