I think we need all 10 of those ideas. We need those because it's a dangerous place and it needs to be a better place. Too many kids are getting hurt from skinned knees to car accidents. Our place needs to be safer and we're the only ones doing something about it.

By Kerby

I think the most important thing we need is a sidewalk on both sides of the road. I think that because then the place next to the road would be flat and would cover loose rock, ledges, ditches, and lots of other things. It would also make a place to walk so we don't walk on the road with fast cars. A sidewalk would also be good for cars so they don't have to go around people and so they hit something else. By Erin

I think we should build a sidewalk. It would be safer and then we would have a safer place.

By Johnny

When I was at the intersection I saw a number of things that are wrong. There is only a yellow line for a sidewalk edge. There is room but nothing that people are safe on. The ground around the tracks is bad too. There are rocks and garbage everywhere. People slip on rocks all the time. If we had a concrete sidewalk people wouldn't slip on rocks and people would have more room.

By John

I think that the intersection next to the high school should be made safer for kids and grownups. Here are some things that are bad: No sidewalks, stop signs, rocks out of the ground so people can trip and speed signs. Those are some things that need to be done by there. They need to build sidewalks and have a speed sign of about 15 mph and stop signs where there are crosswalks.

By Christina

1. I think there should be a three-foot sidewalk from the tracks to the administration office road.
2. They need a curb next to the sidewalk.
3. You know where the office is in the High School, when you go out the double doors there are two stop signs next to the crosswalk. They should put them up towards the administration crosswalk.
4. Speed bumps on that road.
5. And if they can't put a sidewalk in next to the road, put it next to the fence.
6. An uneven road.
7. Lower speed limit.
8. Or they could take out part of the fence and put walking trails through the trees, and next to the administration building.

By Joey

I especially think we should have a nice paved, safe sidewalk on both sides so we don't have to walk, jog, bike ride, rollerblade, skateboard, or any other activity that is hard to do in a ditch. I say ditch because you can't go in the street with the speeding cars. You also aren't safe on the road because of all the rocks and bumps. By Melissa

Student Poetry:

Dangerous Road How can anybody be so cruel . . . To leave a dangerous road By a school? Loose rocks, Uneven ground Somebody might be going down and How can anybody be so cruel . . . To let a dangerous road Be by a school? Maybe they had a talk About a sidewalk To fix the loose rocks And uneven ground So nobody will be going down, but How could anybody be so cruel . . . To leave it that way By a school. By Erin

We, the undersigned, believe that the intersection of Highway 30 and High School Way in Scappoose, Oregon, is unsafe for pedestrians. Many students walk through this intersection to school and to sports activities at the Scappoose School District Administration Field, and car traffic is increasing. We petition the City of Scappoose to improve the safety of this intersection by building a raised sidewalk on the north side of High School Way from Highway 30 to the Administration Building Entrance.

Signed, Three hundred seventy-six 4th, 5th and 6th graders from Otto Petersen School, June 2, 1997.