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Students, University of Arizona program push for safer walking routes to Mountain View Elementary
Summary
University of Arizona Cooperative Extension SNAP‑Ed, Mountain View Elementary students and principal presented a student-led walk audit and cleanup, calling for crosswalks, sidewalks repairs, traffic calming and community engagement to make walking to school safer.
Roxy Leiva, of the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension SNAP‑Ed program, and students from Mountain View Elementary presented the results of a student-led walk audit and cleanup during the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors meeting on May 6, 2025.
The students and school principal said safety concerns — including missing crosswalks, broken sidewalks, speeding drivers and litter along the West Frontage Road route — keep most neighborhood students from walking to and from school. "Only about 10 students out of about 400 walk home after school," Principal Dominic Armijo…
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