I was a crossing guard as a kid. We'd walk with the kids from one side to the other holding the stop sign up, but never directed traffic. Drivers should have the sense and responsibility to self-govern that nonsense. In a way, I like it because it's a constant reminder that it's a school full of children. They should take appropriate care.

Unfortunately, these days everyone has to drop their kid off at school and they all wait till the last second so that everyone is in a huge rush. It's a chaotic crush of cars in older, established neighborhoods where the infrastructure just wasn't designed to handle that many vehicles at one time. I'm amazed there aren't more accidents at the schools I work at. I had one incident where some kids bolted out in front of my work truck from in between cars. I was able to stop and wait for them to cross, but some impatient fool behind me tried going around, not seeing the kids due to their height.