Why does Sheridan Road school zone remain?

The in basket: Tim Calnan says in an e-mail, “I see the Bremerton School District has “boarded-up” the old East High on Sheridan Road.
“However, the local authorities seem to sitting with radar at Cherry and Sheridan and the 20 mph school zone sign is still up. Is this a matter of not enough time to take the sign down or are the restrictions (20 mph 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) still in place?”

The in basket: Tim Calnan says in an e-mail, “I see the Bremerton School District has “boarded-up” the old East High, most recently used as the eighth & ninth grade school.
“However, the local authorities seems to sitting with radar at Cherry and Sheridan and the 20 mph school zone sign is still up. Is this a matter of not enough time to take the sign down or are the restrictions (20 mph 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) still in place?”
The out basket: Lt. Pete Fisher of Bremerton police traffic division says the department no longer is doing enforcement by motorcycle officers, the usual vehicle in school zone emphasis patrols, in that area.
But the restriction remains and can be enforced if any officer notices the violation of it. The State Patrol sometimes does school enforcement and might wait for violators there, he added.
The department, city public works and school district are discussing whether to keep it as a school zone, he said. View Ridge Elementary remains open on the other side of the old junior high, and children still walk to and from it through the Sheridan Road school zone. And the baseball field there attracts young pedestrians.
The three agencies will decide whether that’s enough reason to maintain a school zone restrictions on Sheridan, Pete said.