We have heard several recent concerns regarding traffic in and around our campus, but we know that if we work together, we can all help to keep our roads and community safe.
A few traffic reminders:
* Please observe all speed limits when driving on our campus and in the surrounding neighborhood. We have had community complaints about speeding on Nadine road and other neighborhood streets.
* Do not exit via the 84th Street entrance. During arrival and dismissal, we need traffic to flow one way with cars entering on 84th and looping around the building. Parents picking up preschool students should exit our campus via the two exits directly onto Lake Otis Pkwy.
* When picking up students at the front door, please park in the lot and walk in. Pick up for after-school activities including 21st Century and sports is from the front door and requires an adult to come in to sign the student out. Please park in a parking space in the lot and do not park in the roadway in front of the door as this does not leave adequate room for other vehicles to get by.
* Please don't turn left on our crossing guard. The exit from our drop-off and pick-up line is a right turn only as marked by the traffic signs. This is to prevent gridlock at the Lake Otis streetlight and our campus entrance. We also staff the exit with a friendly crossing guard to assist our walking students--it's usually Mr. Bosco, but sometimes Ms. Ward, Ms. Osborne, or another one of your student's teachers fills in. When you turn left while our crossing guard is signaling right turn only, it not only puts them and our students at risk, but it also models for your student that listening to directions is not important. Please help us keep our staff and students safe and model working together.
*If you know you'll need to pick your student up early, please do so before 3:00 pm. The end of the day is a very busy time for our front office and once our dismissal process begins, it takes all of our staff to keep things running smoothly. When parents and guardians come to the office after 3:00 pm to pick up their students, it often ends up taking them even longer to retrieve their student and exit our parking lot than it would to go through the pick-up line because it disrupts our normal end of day flow. We kindly ask that all early pick ups be completed before 3:00 pm whenever possible.
