Over 14 years ago, the then city councilman for District 7 (Scott Payne) lived on N. Ashley Street next to the retention pond. Every day his wife walked their large collection of children up to the crosswalk and complained about the crosswalk not being at the intersection. So she tried to get it moved from being at its current location to the intersection of Ola & Linebaugh. Even she couldn't get it done, and there was a semi-legitimate rationale for not having it at the intersection, but it's been so long ago (and I'm so old, now) that I forget the exact reason. Not that your request isn't a valid one, but it got stalmated by the oublic works department.
HOWEVER . . . thre may be an avenue for at least partially rectifying this problem, and this is where the power in numbers comes into play: as a community, we can contact the principal at Forest Hills Elementary (I suspect the 2pm dismissal traffic is causing the backlog that you are referring to) about the issue, and take it up the chain of command if that doesn't get satisfaction.
I will say this: there is a new principal this year at that school, and she is trying to make the traffic flow as smoothly as possible, but she will fix the traffic issues at the school first. She is aware of the neighbors' complaints from the past (I made her aware of them) but I don't know how ast this will be corrected. Maybe some neighbors intervening will help, especially if the complaints have to move upwards (to the school board as well as city hall) to solve.
Thank you for your input. Maybe we can talk about this in person, also? You have my contact info.