Each year, CFIS organizes a group of responsible students from Grades 5 and 6 to patrol the crosswalk in front of the school. These students give up their time and effort to ensure the safety of our many friends and students. The students are trained by an officer from the Calgary Police Service and know the proper procedures to safely manage a crosswalk.

Now that we have patrollers, Calgary Police Service constable is in charge of our school. The constable will come to the school randomly to evaluate the patrollers, to make sure they are doing a good job, and also to issue tickets to any cars that are not obeying Parking Lot Rules and Regulations. These rules are very important in order to keep the parking lot safe.

Procedures to safely patrol a crosswalk

At each crosswalk, there should be three patrollers. The one with the whistle is the lieutenant.

As pedestrians approach the crosswalk, all patrollers will place their arms in an out stretched position, to hold students back until it is safe to cross. The lieutenant will stretch his or her other arm forward and take one step forward. He or she will look in all directions for a safe gap in traffic.

When the lieutenant is sure that the traffic has stopped and all cars have seen him or her, he or she will blow the first whistle. The patrollers will take one step forward and raise their stop sign in front of them. The whole team will continue to look to make sure it is safe to cross. When safe, the lieutenant will blow the second whistle, and step aside to allow the pedestrians to cross. Please wait for this second whistle before crossing.

When the last student has crossed safely, the lieutenant will blow a third whistle and all patrollers will return to their original position.

Parking Lot Rules and Regulations

1. No one is to park in loading zone and leave their car un-attended. This is strictly for pick up or drop off. Anyone who leaves his or her car in this area unattended may receive a warning or a ticket.

2. No one is to double-park in the loading zone. This causes a three-lane division in the parking lot, which does not allow patrollers to properly see oncoming cars. Any one who does this may also be subject to a ticket.

3. No cars are to round the first corner of the parking lot. There are arrows that show that the loop is a one-way. Even if it takes a few minutes longer to round the loop, it is much safer than cutting through the crosswalk, watching children and oncoming traffic at the same time.

4. No cars are to go through the crosswalk unless patroller stop signs are down.

5. No cars are to park in front of or behind the crosswalk within 5 meters. There are usually orange pylons placed in these areas to restrict parking during peak times. The patrollers have difficulty seeing on coming traffic if someone is parked too close.