Schools Open Tuesday In Portsmouth: Watch For Crossing Guards

PORTSMOUTH, NH — City officials are requesting residents and others to be a bit more careful when driving on Tuesday as students head back to school.

Crossing guards will be at key locations around the city between 7:29 and 8:35 a.m. and 2:25 and 3:45 p.m., Monday through Friday. The department of public works parking enforcement manager, who handles the crossing guard schedule, is asking motorists to “be alert to increased pedestrian activity” and “to follow directions from crossing guards with vests and signs as they assist students and their guardians who are walking and biking to school,” Stefanie Seacord, a public information officer for the city, said.

Here is a map of where crossing guards will be in the city. Source: City of Portsmouth

“Drivers are urged to be vigilant near school neighborhoods, plan routes away from heavy school traffic if travel is time-sensitive, and to obey posted school speed limits and crossing guard signals,” she added.

Failure to obey school crossing guard directions can lead to fines of between $100 and $250. Vehicles are required, as an example, to stop at least 25 feet from a guard displaying a stop sign.

Crossing Guards, Weekday Schedule

• South Street at Summit Avenue (Portsmouth High School): 8 to 8:35 a.m. and 3:15 to 3:45 p.m.
• Parrott Avenue at Richards Ave. (Middle School): 8:05 to 8:35 a.m. and 3:10 to 3:25 p.m.
• Richards Avenue at Middle St. (Middle School): 7:50 to 8:25 a.m. and 3:10 to 3:35 p.m.
• Parrot Avenue at Middle School Entrance (Middle School): 8 to 8:35 a.m. and 3:05 to 3:25 p.m.
• Miller Avenue at Lincoln Avenue (Middle School//Little Harbor): 7:29 to 8:30 a.m. and 2:29 to 3:30 p.m.
• Dennett Street at Franklin Avenue (New Franklin Elementary): 7:40 to 8:05 a.m. and 2:20 to 2:45 p.m.
• South Street at Junkins Avenue (Little Harbor Elementary): 7:40 to 8:05 a.m. and 2:30 to 2:50 p.m.
• South Street at Clough Drive (Little Harbor Elementary): 7:40 to 8:05 a.m. and 2:25 to 2:45 p.m.
• South Street at Sagamore Avenue (Little Harbor Elementary): 7:35 to 8 a.m. and 2:25 to 3:10 p.m.
• Van Buren Avenue at Fillmore Road (Dondero Elementary): 7:35 to 8:05 a.m. and 2:20 to 2:45 p.m.

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