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Moline police recommend containing homecoming parade on school campus to reduce risk
Summary
At a May 12 School District 4610 meeting, Police Chief Karen Goll and school leaders outlined a proposal to move the homecoming parade onto Logan Elementary/high‑school campus, citing crowd dynamics, vehicle threats and limited staffing; the proposal requires city council approval and neighbor notification.
Police Chief Karen Goll told the School District 4610 Board at a May 12 meeting at Logan Elementary that the city and district are proposing a new homecoming parade route that would keep students and floats largely on school property to reduce public‑safety risks.
Goll said the change is aimed at lowering the exposure of students and spectators to traffic, elevated positions and other vulnerabilities that have been exploited in attacks elsewhere. “Parades, festivals, they all have an enormous amount of risk associated with them,” she told the board.
The change matters because the district’s current route runs along one of the city’s busiest roadways, has multiple intersections and leaves students returning to neighborhoods on foot. Under the proposal presented to the board, the parade would start and end on school property and remain contiguous to the campus instead of following the current Avenue‑of‑the‑Cities route.
Officials said the current parade route runs…
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