We were circling in to buy a home in the Poway school district about 15 yrs ago. We were probably within a week of putting in an offer.

The house was located across a 4-lane road from the elementary school, which bordered the 4-lane road. I went to the school and talked to the staff and found out there were NO crossing guards to assist kids in getting across the street.

I couldn’t believe it!

I figured if a school district didn’t take children’s safety very seriously, then it really didn’t matter what else they did.