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After nearly 55 years, Sandra Bellew is hanging up her crossing guard vest and retiring from Missouri's Independence School District. The 87-year-old's last day as a school crossing guard will be May 26, but last Friday, a group of students gathered to surprise her with homemade signs, flowers and hugs.Sandra Bellew is known as "Ms. Sandy" to students and staff at Independence School District in Missouri.Students greet crossing guard Sandra Bellew with hugs, handwritten signs and flowers on May 19, 2023, ahead of her retirement.
"It was a happy feeling and they all had such smiles on their faces," Bellew told"Good Morning America.""[The students] kept telling me how much they're going to miss me. And of course, I had several crying and it was just really healing in a way, knowing that they did care and they will miss me."