 |
| From the video |
Kathleen Byers, the dancing school crossing guard, has been effectively dismissed from her job. This after the 65-year-old woman made a video with a local rap group dressed in her school-guard gear. Nominally, at least, that’s the part that the police officials who administer the guard program said they didn’t like. But we suspect it was all just too much — the pre-occupation of Ms Byers with dancing and then the very tasteless lyrics which have now been rolled out on YouTube for other guards and every pupil in Toronto to savour. (Yes, we know the standard for such things these days is down in the sewer) But every day hundreds of crossing guards focus only on making sure the children are safe as they cross the street. That’s the way the police service and school board want it done and honestly, who can disagree with them? We can be sure they don’t want to attract anymore aspiring dancers or performers of any kind to their ranks. God bless Ms. Byers. She seems to be at peace with her situation. We wish her well.