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School Crossing Guard Services
Unarmed school crossing guards for morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up at private and charter school crossings from San Francisco and the Peninsula to Santa Cruz, Salinas and Monterey.
Crossing Guard Duties at Drop-Off and Pick-Up
A Vantage crossing guard stands at the crosswalk your school uses most, in a high-visibility vest with a handheld stop sign. The guard waits for a clear gap in traffic, steps into the crosswalk, holds cars and walks students and parents across in groups, then clears the lane before drivers move again.
Coverage follows the bell schedule: a morning window that opens before the first students arrive and an afternoon window that runs until the last pickup car pulls away. Minimum days, early release and staggered grade dismissals go into the schedule, so the guard is at the corner at the right time every day.
Between groups, the guard watches the curb lane, keeps families from crossing mid-block and steers walkers toward the marked crosswalk. Vantage officers are unarmed, approachable and focused on the street in front of them.
Private and Charter School Crossings
Private, charter and faith-based schools often sit on busy arterials or quiet neighborhood streets where no public crossing program covers their corner. A Vantage guard fills that gap at the crossings your school picks: the front crosswalk, a side-street entrance or the walk between campus and an overflow parking lot.
Campuses that share a block with offices, shops or a busy lot see drivers who are not thinking about school traffic. A steady, visible guard at the same corner each morning and afternoon helps those drivers learn the pattern and slow down.
Working Alongside Your School’s Traffic Plan
Your school sets the drop-off plan: which lanes cars use, where staff stand, which gate opens first and where students wait. Vantage writes the crossing guard’s post instructions from that plan during a walkthrough with your administrator or facilities lead, then marks each crossing point, the arrival window and the staff contact on a simple site map.
The guard runs the street crossing while your staff run the curb and the gates. When the plan changes for construction, new parking or a shifted dismissal time, send the update and the post instructions change with it. Our post orders checklist shows what those instructions usually cover.
Event Nights, Games and Weekend Crossings
Back-to-school nights, concerts, graduations and home games bring parents across streets in the dark or in heavy crowds. A crossing guard can cover the walk from parking to the entrance for the evening, alongside event security officers at the doors when the event needs both.
Weekend tournaments and open houses follow the same approach. Name the crossing, the hours and the contact, and the guard is there for the event window.
Background Checks and Shift Notes
Every Vantage officer clears a background check before placement and holds a BSIS guard card, which matters to parents and administrators who want to know who stands at the front corner. Supervisors make quality inspections at the crossing during drop-off to confirm the guard is working to the post instructions, and your office receives a certificate of insurance before the first day.
Each shift ends with a short note: start and end times and anything unusual, such as a near miss, a blocked crosswalk, a dark signal or a driver who keeps rolling past the stop sign, with photos where they help. Your office can use those notes when it talks with parents or asks the city to look at a signal or crosswalk.
Related Security Guard Services for Schools
Crossing coverage often pairs with other posts. An on-site security guard can stay on campus through the school day for front-office visitor check-in and gate watch, and mobile patrol visits can check fences, play yards and portable classrooms at night and on weekends. A free on-site security review comes with any guard quote and can map crossings, gates and patrol routes in one plan.
Crossing Guard Pricing
Crossing guards bill by the guard-hour, like any on-site post, within Vantage’s regional $36 to $50 an hour range. Crossing coverage usually means two short windows a day, so the monthly total depends on how many crossings you cover, how long each window runs and how many school days fall in the month. Month-to-month terms let you add event nights or pause over the summer as the calendar changes.
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Common questions
Can a crossing guard cover both drop-off and pick-up?
Yes. Coverage usually runs as a morning and an afternoon window each school day, following your bell times, minimum days and early release.
Will the crossing guard work with our staff at the curb?
Yes. The guard handles the crosswalk while your staff handle the curb and gates, all set out in post instructions written from your school’s drop-off plan.
Can we add crossing coverage for evening events?
Yes. Back-to-school nights, games, concerts and graduations can each get a crossing guard for the event window, alone or with event security at the doors.
What does a Vantage crossing guard wear and carry?
Each guard wears a high-visibility vest and uses a handheld stop sign at the crosswalk. Vantage officers are unarmed.
How do we hear about problems at the crossing?
The guard writes a shift note with times and anything unusual, such as a blocked crosswalk or a near miss, and adds photos where they help.