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Duval launches "Be Safe, Be Seen" campaign, expands traffic‑safety education and traffic gardens
Summary
Duval County Public Schools and partners rolled out an education, visibility and engagement campaign aimed at reducing student pedestrian injuries; district and school police cited recent fatal pedestrian strikes and announced traffic‑garden teaching sites, a pledge and a January reengagement.
Duval County Public Schools unveiled a districtwide pedestrian-safety effort called "Be Safe, Be Seen" that combines classroom education, campus visibility and community engagement to reduce student injuries while walking and bicycling to school.
Chief Jackson Short, the district—s school police chief, said the district began tracking pedestrian strikes last year and found 43 students struck as pedestrians in the school year, with three fatalities. "This academic school year we are just starting our second nine weeks. We are already at 10 students struck, two of those being fatal," Short said, urging broader city partnerships because many incidents occur outside formal…
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