We got the tip from Jen Cole of FeetFirst while talking with her at today’s Picnic at the Precinct (first report here, more to come later tonight) this afternoon — the sidewalk improvements for West Seattle’s Sanislo Elementary, funded as part of Safe Routes to School (January report here), are almost done, just in time for the start of school (two weeks from Wednesday). In addition to the sidewalk work you see above (mostly stretching eastward from the campus), Cole says improvements for the Delridge/Myrtle stairway are also under way, and that will complete a safer walking connection between Delridge and 16th. Unfortunately, she says, the 16th/Myrtle crossing guard position (a couple blocks east of Sanislo) apparently will not be filled; we reported last spring that a serious illness had taken the previous guard off the job, and the city had not replaced her – nor, according to Cole, will a replacement be forthcoming for the new school year.