{"id":66882,"date":"2023-12-22T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T19:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/home2\/federal-way-students-want-safer-school-crossing-on-pacific-highway\/"},"modified":"2023-12-22T11:01:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T19:01:00","slug":"federal-way-students-want-safer-school-crossing-on-pacific-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/northwest\/federal-way-students-want-safer-school-crossing-on-pacific-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Way students want safer school crossing on Pacific Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t
Early in the morning of Dec. 18, more than 50 Federal Way High School students crossed South 308th Street repeatedly with signs and safety vests advocating for changes to protect them.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
After a student was hit by a car in the crosswalk near Federal Way High School at 6:55 a.m. Nov. 29, her friends and peers have organized around the need for increased safety.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The Federal Way Mirror newspaper heard some of their concerns and the story behind their efforts in a meeting with seven Federal Way High School students.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“It struck a personal chord with us because it’s one of our closest friends,” Meeghan Meagher said as the group expressed their agreement. “What really, like, made us want to change things is that this has been fifth or sixth time and the second time in the last six months that this has happened in that same intersection, so obviously, there’s something that can be changed about the safety of that.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Driving by the intersection where her friend was hit, Meagher said “my heart rate would pick up” and that she feels anxious every time she goes by, adding “I just start picturing it.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t