COSTA MESA

Following a rash of traffic incidents at campus parking lots, the Newport Mesa Unified School District is forming a committee to look for safety solutions.

Fed up with the traffic issues at schools that put teachers and students in harm’s way, Linda Mook, president of the Newport-Mesa Federation of Teachers, brought the issue before Supt. Robert Barbot this week.

Besides the obvious danger to students and teachers, Mook said, the teachers who try to direct traffic and safeguard the children have become frazzled. Mook has proposed the district assemble a task force to address the ongoing dilemma.