Adel Police Department Press Release

Submitted by: School Resource Officers Monte Keller and Joel Delaney

As we start the upcoming school year, we would like to pass the following reminders for both drivers and students about safe travel to and from school.

Reminders:

  • Walkers: Students that walk to school should use pedestrian safety practices, such as using sidewalks, designated crosswalks, and the buddy system (walking with others) when walking to school.
  • Bikers: Students who ride should observe and obey the traffic signs when traveling to and from school. Bikers MUST be off of their bikes when crossing crosswalks.
  • Drivers: Student and adult drivers should keep an extra eye out for students on bikes or on foot. The Adel Police Department will be aggressively patrolling near the school zones to ensure that drivers are obeying traffic laws.

Traffic Controls:

  • 14th and Greene Street: A stop sign will be in place at 14th and Greene Street before and after school hours to keep traffic better controlled during those crucial times.
  • Flashing Yellow Lights on HWY 169:  Flashing yellow lights on Hwy 169 in front of the ADM High School serve as an additional warning to drivers to slow down to 30 mph between the signs in this area. These lights are on before and after school when there is increased flow of traffic.

Stopping For School Buses:

  • Be Cautious: Drivers should be cautious around school buses that may be picking up or unloading students.
  • Unlawful Passing: When the red stop sign is extended on the bus and the red lights are flashing it is unlawful to pass the bus from either direction.
  • Consequences:
    • For a first offense, the person is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable by a fine of at least three hundred forty-five dollars but not more than nine hundred thirty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or by both.
    • The department may require the person to attend and successfully complete, at the person’s own expense, a driver improvement program approved by the department in lieu of driver’s license suspension for the offense pursuant to section 321.210.

Crosswalk, 600 Block Nile Kinnick Drive South (HWY 169)

  • Please remind your students to use the marked crosswalk near the 600 block of Nile Kinnick Drive South when crossing Hwy 169 when walking to the middle school or high school. 
  • It is important that ALL students use this crosswalk at ALL times.  Students should not cross the highway at other areas near Fareway or the post office.
  • When a crossing guard is not present, the crosswalk has a push button activation. Students still need to yield and look both directions since in some cases vehicles may not have enough time to stop.

Please join us in helping to provide students and drivers with a safe start to the school year.

Sincerely,

Officer Monte Keller, monte.keller@admschools.org, (515) 993-6723

Officer Joel Delaney,  joel.delaney@admschools.org, (515) 993-6723