This morning, as Councilman Manny Pelaez and Dr. Geri Berger cut the red ribbon, city workers flipped the switch to make our traffic light fully operational. The councilman praised Dr. Berger for her diligence over the years to keep her students safe.

This traffic light is the result of her work with the school community, parents, NISD officials, city officials and the fact that the councilman himself listened and took action. “This was not an easy task,” he added referring to the process of getting a traffic light approved, funded and installed in time for this school year. He emphasized that the tragedies of students being hit and so many others being almost hit are both unacceptable and avoidable.

The new stoplight was installed in April and May replacing the stop signs that had been set up in the interim. Until this morning, the light has been a flashing red. The light is located at the main entrance to Brandeis High School on Kyle Seale Parkway.

As we get closer to the first day of school, there is already a lot of activity on campus. So, several hundred students will already be well-practiced in waiting for the green light to drive through and waiting for the ok-to-cross signal for the crosswalk. And hopefully, other drivers will catch on right away as well!

Dr. Berger also let us know that our favorite crossing guards will be back this year!

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To help us get the word out, the ribbon cutting was covered by several news stations: KENS, KSAT, Telemundo and Univision. Spectrum will also run a story. It’s nice to have a good news story about protecting our kids!