Now that we’re a day into this grand parking lot experiment, we need to make a few crucial adjustments to what we’ve sent out previously:
The Short Version
Stagger your arrival times, use the left lane to get to a spot in the right lane, pull as far around the loop as you can before picking up your child, load from the sidewalk, and only turn right out of the parking lot. Details below.
Staggered Pick-Up
We got through everyone fairly quickly today, but we are going to ask you to please stagger your pickup the rest of this week as much as possible according to the following schedule:
- 3:00 pm – Last Names A-G
- 3:10 pm – Last Names H-N
- 3:20 pm – Last Names O-Z
Early-Bird Drop-Off
Just know that the earlier you get here, the less you’ll be fighting traffic. Everyone seems to arrive at about 7:40 am, so the earlier you arrive, the better. The school doors open at 7:30, so that’s a great time to be here if you’re hoping to avoid the rush.
Drop-Off and Pick-Up Pro Tips
- Use the left lane of the loop to get to an open spot in the right lane.
- If everyone just stays in the right lane, we’re as slow as the slowest car in the line.
- Pull as far around the loop as you can before pulling into the right lane.
- Everyone wants to be close to the school, but it makes it so that far fewer people can get into the parking lot.
- Don’t let your kid get into the car in the left lane.
- It means they have to cross in front of another car, which is dangerous. Only load from the sidewalk.
- Plan to turn right out of the parking lot.
- Sorry. This is temporary, but turning left takes forever, and we don’t want everyone behind you to wait for you to save a few minutes getting home.
Thank you again for your tremendous patience. Today was an absolute blast with your 7th graders, and we can’t wait to see our 8th and 9th graders tomorrow.
For pictures and detailed maps of parking, see our previous post.