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From the Village Free Press - Sunday, March 24, 2019 || By Michael Romain || @maywoodnews A group of parents in Proviso Township have taken the safety of their children in their own hands with a project next school year that they hope will make it safer for students in Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview District 89 to get to and from school. Marche Williams, a parent of two young boys in D89, said that the idea came about after he and a group of other D89 parents started to meet about some of the district’s most pressing challenges. “The biggest topic was the children’s safety, [particularly around Irving Middle School, 805 S. 17th Ave. in Maywood],” he said during a recent interview. “The parents agreed that we’d make that our starting point for our Safety and Violence Prevention Committee.” Continued at The Village Free Press  Parents meeting about their students’ sometimes dangerous paths to and from school. A parent-led committee has launched the Smart Routes program as a solution to the problem. Village Free Press
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