Local school officials close barn door after the horses escape

A 6th grade boy was killed in front of his school in a traffic accident. Here is the coverage of the contraversy in the local paper. Notice there is no discussion of the driver's culpability in the death of the 6th grader. What is not mentioned, but was covered on local TV, the boy crossed one way, realized he had forgotten his lunch, turned, got waved across by a west-bound driver, and then got hit by the east bound driver. I drove the area, and the presence of a school and school crossing are clearly marked, a flashing yellow light marks the crosswalk in question, so I cannot see how the driver can get away with anything better then negligent homicide, if not worse (no determination has been published regarding the driver, his speed, when or if he applied his breakes). Some of this can be found on their website. The burden for protecting children belongs to the community obeying laws around school zones and school busses. (See a story yesterday updating us about a death at a school bus from last spring.) The people blaming the school district are enemies of the public good (the best being the enemy of the good).