TAMPA, Fla. -- The new school year is in full swing, but getting to and from school has felt dangerous for some students and drivers at Tampa Bay Technical High School.

Real Time Traffic Expert Chuck Henson received an email from Spectrum Bay News 9 viewer Daisy Rodriguez, who is concerned about student safety.

"Since school has started back up, in the morning I constantly see kids walking on the road," Rodriguez wrote. "This is a very busy road and has sharp turns. I've constantly slammed on my breaks or swerved into the other lane to avoid hitting those students."

The problem is clear. There are no sidewalks or overhead lights.

On her way to work each morning, Sierra Youssouf sees the same thing.

"I get here about 6:30 in the morning and most of the time I see kids walking along the grass outside of the campus," she said.

It's dark, and most of the children don't take measures to be seen along the road.

"Yes, you have to be careful because they're sometimes in the street," said Youssouf.

The area around Tampa Bay Technical is mostly industrial with no houses nearby.

Yet some students walk about a mile to the school. There is no consistent sidewalk.

Even stranger, there are no sidewalks on the campus side of the road. At the intersection of Sligh Avenue and Harney Road, there are four crosswalks, but the two that would take kids across to the school don't connect to anything.

The state of Florida has a grant program called Safe Routes to School. It is designed for this problem specifically.

As it turns out, the school is already on the list for evaluation.

The county will evaluate the missing sidewalk and street lighting (both new and retrofitting with LED's) along Harney Road from Sligh Avenue to north of the Hillsborough River.