Officers have been targeting the Great Alpine Road outside Everton Primary School since mid-October after a concerning number of offences. 

The school's 19 students had created drawings with safety messages, which have been given with infringements to drivers.

Police had detected two drivers travelling at more than 100km/h in the 40km/h zone before the operation. 

Sergeant Michael Connors said the operation was working with less than 10 drivers caught speeding.

“When I’ve handed them out, there’s genuine remorse,” he said.

“There’s definitely a different demeanour with drivers to most stops that we do.

“I feel confident in saying it has changed their behaviour around school zones.”

Sergeant Connors is still hopeful of expanding the idea to other schools.

He thought of the left-field idea after previous enforcement operations failed to have an impact.

Principal Haley Quayle said students had felt safer since the operation started.

“It has brought about change, and probably more change than we expected for such a short amount of time,” she said.

“It often takes time for something like that to work but it has worked quite quickly.”

Wodonga police will also target school zones in the region during a two week operation starting Monday.

Acting Sergeant Owen Clarke said people were often distracted by Christmas and end-of-year functions at the end of the school year.

“Complacency is the biggest killer in school zones,” he said.

“I’ve been to some school zones where people have switched off completely and gone through at horrific speeds.

“They are zero-tolerance areas as far as speed limits and driver behaviour goes.”

Officers will target the 20 Wodonga school zones with a 40km/h speed limit and zones in outlying towns. 

Acting Sergeant Clarke warned drivers to be alert.