Students take a step for safety in surveying their walks to school

garfield elementary pupils note broken sidewalks, speeding motorists and other hazards in hopes that santa ana will correct them.

On the first day of class, Chris marx asks his fifth-grade students how they get to school and what they encounter along the way.

Even though most students at garfield Elementary in santa ana walk only a few blocks to class, they often trudge over broken sidewalks and through littered alleyways, rub up against graffiti-covered walls and step over rubble from construction sites. Some dodge roving dogs, homeless people or gang members.

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Thursday, October 09, 2008 |

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