All three schools The Star spoke to, Dunedin North Intermediate, Sacred Heart School and North East Valley Normal School, had concerns over the way motorists used the road.
Sacred Heart School principal Paul Richardson said there was potential for someone to get seriously hurt at the crossing outside his school.
Since August, there had been several close calls, where parents had had to grab on to pupils crossing the road to avoid a car running a red light at the crossing, Mr Richardson said.
At the start of August the phasing of traffic lights at the intersection of North Rd, Bank St and Opoho Rd were changed.
"The little folks will look at the green man and do what he tells them, while the older ones know to still look both ways."
Earlier this month a parent supervision roster was made to provide more safety at the crossing, he said.
Mr Richardson said the school was happy with the way both the police and the Dunedin City Council were working with the school.
Dunedin North Community Constable Louise France said she monitored the lights outside the schools particularly in the afternoons and had stopped motorists who broke the law and spoken to them.
Infringement figures were not immediately available yesterday, but Dunedin road policing manager Senior Sergeant Phil McDouall said police monitored schools at peak drop-off and pick-up times.
Police patrols were often near schools about 9am and 3pm, but they could not monitor all schools all of the time.
People needed to remember there was a 5kmh tolerance around schools and anyone who drove faster would be fined, Snr Sgt McDouall said.
Council senior traffic engineer Ron Minnema said the phasing at the lights at the intersection of Bank St, North Rd and Opoho Rd was changed in response to the crash risk.
The area had one of the worst crash risks in the city. The change meant there was a longer delay at the lights.
There was no reason he could think of why that would have made anything worse at the crossing, Mr Minnema said.
"The lights are quite difficult to see so that could be a factor."
"But everyone has to play their part and credit to the Sacred Heart [school] - they have been doing something about and monitoring the crossing," he said.
Dunedin North Intermediate principal Ross Leach and North East Valley Normal School deputy principal Cheryl Staynes both said they had problems with the traffic outside their schools. They expressed concerns over drivers not stopping for pupils at crossings and the speed they travelled.
