Lollipop patrols are being axed from two schools used by special needs pupils.
The planned move has sparked fury among pupils and their parents who fear youngsters may be at risk.
But council chiefs who employ the school crossing staff said that costs mean they must stop them.
Now children from Ebchester CE Primary School in Ebchester and Our Lady and St Joseph's RC Primary School in Leadgate, Co Durham, hope pupil power might save the patrols.
Over 30 children from Our Lady and St Joseph's plan to picket a meeting at County Hall in Durham on Monday where the future of the patrols will be decided.
The four to 11-year-olds will then demand to know why the council thinks the cuts are justified.
At the meeting councillors will be asked to accept a recommendation that the patrols be scrapped because council officers claim they are not financially viable.
Sharon Fenwick, the headteacher of Our Lady and St Joseph's, said: "The council sent out a letter to each of the children telling them about the proposed cuts; that means the children can attend the meeting.
"A group of 31 children will be going down, including some of our special needs children.
"They include a girl who is registered blind who could use the school crossing patrol."
Richard Coombes, the headteacher of Ebchester CE Primary, said: "Cost-cutting with children's safety is wrong.
"Our particular crossing is in a very dangerous area with a busy road and junction and a shop opposite which people park outside."
The report, that will go before the Highways Committee on Monday, claims the amount of traffic compared to number of children using the crossing does not justify the patrol.
