A crossing guard known for dancing as she helps kids cross the street to school has been asked to hang up her dancing shoes.

Kathleen Byers has been helping kids cross Dufferin Street to Alexander Muir/Gladstone Avenue Public School for almost 10 years. For four of those years, she's been dancing on the job, thrilling kids and others in the community.

But on Wednesday she got a call from her supervisor to let her know that there have been complaints from some who aren't fans of her performance, Byers told CP24 in an interview Friday morning.

Byers says her supervisor told her that there are concerns that her sign may not be visible at all times, that her music is too loud, and that she could pose a distraction that might actually cause a driver to hit someone.

"I've been very stressed out since I heard," Byers said.

While she acknowledges that she does need to turn the volume down, she said she can’t see how her moves are a problem and said she feels she's being unfairly singled out.

"When the kids do dance it’s usually on the sidewalk. Rarely do they dance across," she says.

Byers says that her regular dancing is less involved than what she does for the cameras when media come to observe her and insists she knows "how to watch the road."

"We’re not breaking it out," Byers says, describing her dancing as being more like "rhythmic movement."

A former fitness instructor and mother of six, Byers says she gets her exercise from dancing during her shifts and that it’s an important part of her life.

"To stop it altogether is not me and it’s very frustrating, let’s say, to not be yourself," Byers says.

She notes she won a go-go contest dancing to Fontella Bass’ “Rescue Me” when she was 16 and that she’s been grooving ever since.

"And I’m going to be 65 soon so I’m not slowing down," she says.

She refrained from dancing after getting the call on Wednesday and took a personal day Thursday because of the stress of the situation. However she says she finally decided she won’t stop.

"I’ve gone back and I’m bringing the music and dancing,” Byers says. “If they don’t like my dance moves I can’t do anything about that."

Toronto police are responsible for overseeing the city’s crossing guards.

Police told CP24 Friday that they couldn’t speak about the matter.