Chesterbrook Elementary School Kiss and Ride -- Get to the back of the line!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Seems to me you should ask the school to put out cones and send an email if they want parents coming from both directions to use the same entrance, not venting here. Otherwise people will just think they are merging into the line.

??? How do you see a long line looping down the street in one direction and figure that you do not need to get in that line and instead can just jump into it half way? It does not matter at all that you came from a different direction - you can turn left at the end of the line just as well as turning left where you jump the line.

Is it going to kill you to wait 5 additional seconds? Be kind, model kindness to your children.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems to me you should ask the school to put out cones and send an email if they want parents coming from both directions to use the same entrance, not venting here. Otherwise people will just think they are merging into the line.

??? How do you see a long line looping down the street in one direction and figure that you do not need to get in that line and instead can just jump into it half way? It does not matter at all that you came from a different direction - you can turn left at the end of the line just as well as turning left where you jump the line.

Is it going to kill you to wait 5 additional seconds? Be kind, model kindness to your children.

I do that’s why I don’t do entitled things like cut the line.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As someone who has to drive down Kirby to get to work, can I please ask that, in the morning, you guys stay ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT and not block off the entire road? And in the afternoon, PLEASE let the people who are turning left into the line, otherwise they end up blocking traffic, and I don't want to wait behind McLean mom in her black SUV for 10 minutes because you other ladies are too mean to let her turn in.

If you are stuck behind someone trying to cut the line, you should honk loudly over and over again to humiliate her.

[Anonymous]

I used to go to Chesterbrook and had to make a left to turn into the kiss and ride…it’s the direction i was driving from my house. I never considered it rude and there is no rule (at least at that time) saying you can’t make a left hand turn into the school parking lot. You are basically asking people that live to the left of the school to not make a legal left hand turn into the school and instead make an illegal uturn in the middle of Kirby road during rush hour because you can’t let a person in? It’s not “cutting” in line…it just happens to be me driving from the direction of my home and making a legal turn!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems to me you should ask the school to put out cones and send an email if they want parents coming from both directions to use the same entrance, not venting here. Otherwise people will just think they are merging into the line.

??? How do you see a long line looping down the street in one direction and figure that you do not need to get in that line and instead can just jump into it half way? It does not matter at all that you came from a different direction - you can turn left at the end of the line just as well as turning left where you jump the line.

Is it going to kill you to wait 5 additional seconds? Be kind, model kindness to your children.

I do that’s why I don’t do entitled things like cut the line.

It's not cutting the line, it's called merging. If you're this worked up about a kiss and ride line, I think you need some help, LOL!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems to me you should ask the school to put out cones and send an email if they want parents coming from both directions to use the same entrance, not venting here. Otherwise people will just think they are merging into the line.

??? How do you see a long line looping down the street in one direction and figure that you do not need to get in that line and instead can just jump into it half way? It does not matter at all that you came from a different direction - you can turn left at the end of the line just as well as turning left where you jump the line.

Is it going to kill you to wait 5 additional seconds? Be kind, model kindness to your children.

I do that’s why I don’t do entitled things like cut the line.

It's not cutting the line, it's called merging. If you're this worked up about a kiss and ride line, I think you need some help, LOL!

"And don't get me started on the drive through lanes at McDonald's!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to go to Chesterbrook and had to make a left to turn into the kiss and ride…it’s the direction i was driving from my house. I never considered it rude and there is no rule (at least at that time) saying you can’t make a left hand turn into the school parking lot. You are basically asking people that live to the left of the school to not make a legal left hand turn into the school and instead make an illegal uturn in the middle of Kirby road during rush hour because you can’t let a person in? It’s not “cutting” in line…it just happens to be me driving from the direction of my home and making a legal turn!

Legal left turn trumps illegal u-turn to get in "back of the line" going the other direction. You could get a ticket for doing an illegal u-turn perhaps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to go to Chesterbrook and had to make a left to turn into the kiss and ride…it’s the direction i was driving from my house. I never considered it rude and there is no rule (at least at that time) saying you can’t make a left hand turn into the school parking lot. You are basically asking people that live to the left of the school to not make a legal left hand turn into the school and instead make an illegal uturn in the middle of Kirby road during rush hour because you can’t let a person in? It’s not “cutting” in line…it just happens to be me driving from the direction of my home and making a legal turn!

Legal left turn trumps illegal u-turn to get in "back of the line" going the other direction. You could get a ticket for doing an illegal u-turn perhaps.

This. OP is out of line.

Pun intended.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems to me you should ask the school to put out cones and send an email if they want parents coming from both directions to use the same entrance, not venting here. Otherwise people will just think they are merging into the line.

The school has sent many emails. People ignore the school's request.

For example, from CES Weekly News 8.22.21

Arrival & Dismissal Traffic Flow & Safety

Traffic Flow
ONLY turn right into the parking lot, we ask that you go down and turn around into the line and not block the road trying to turn left into the CES kiss n ride line. This will prevent accidents and keep our traffic flow moving.

Cars will be expected to turn right out of the parking lot to expedite the flow of traffic. Please be cautious of walkers and bike riders and give right of way to them.

Students are not allowed to unload or load on Kirby road. We understand that pulling in the lot takes more time, but it also keeps our students the safest.

These practices will enable our Kiss and Ride to move quickly smoothly for all.

And more recently, from CES Weekly Update 9.3.21

Arrival and Dismissal Reminders
Kiss N Ride

ONLY turn right into and out of the parking lot to keep traffic moving. Traffic waiting and trying to squeeze in causes a safety issue as people are blocking the sidewalk walkway, reducing visibility of walkers and bike riders.
We are noticing K&R cars dropping off and leaving students early. Do not drop off your children without staff supervision in place. We have buses completing double runs and you may notice a bus releasing students to admin, but this is planned so we can get our wonderful drivers out for their double back run. We are not sending students to class early.

It's only going to be a bigger shit show once the sidewalk construction on the south side of Kirby Road begins, between the school, Halsey Rd., and Franklin Ave. It should be starting within the next few months, slated for completion in March 2022. Kirby will go down to one lane...all those entitled Kiss & Ride parents are going to have to suck it up, park at the church or the pool parking lots on the north side of Kirby, and actually walk the quarter mile to the school to pick up their little darlings, instead of idling their polluting SUVs while scrolling on their latest edition smartphones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At Westgate, folks just go one at a time from each direction. They are in line too. You need to calm down. Be civilized, people!

Same for our elementary.

There are always a few cars making a left into the school.

The other direction has a linger line because that side of the school has fewer walkers.

But both sides have lines. Just because the left turn line is shorter does not mean it is not a line.

Plus, it is far safer for those people to make a left turn into school, than to drive down past the entrance and then pop a U turn to get into the longer line.

Is it even legal to do a U turn in a school zone? What OP wants sounds like a recipe for disaster.

[Anonymous]

I'm glad that anyone searching for information on Chesterbrook will see this and understand the kind of parents that go there - entitled, wealthy, white women who are so selfish and mean that they won't even let someone take a left into the parking lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm glad that anyone searching for information on Chesterbrook will see this and understand the kind of parents that go there - entitled, wealthy, white women who are so selfish and mean that they won't even let someone take a left into the parking lot.

"that live there" obviously parents don't go to school, even though sometimes they act like they do

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems to me you should ask the school to put out cones and send an email if they want parents coming from both directions to use the same entrance, not venting here. Otherwise people will just think they are merging into the line.

??? How do you see a long line looping down the street in one direction and figure that you do not need to get in that line and instead can just jump into it half way? It does not matter at all that you came from a different direction - you can turn left at the end of the line just as well as turning left where you jump the line.

One would assume that the longer side has a neighborhood with more drivers, and the shorter side has a neighborhood with more walkers.

Driving past the entrance and turning around makes zero sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems to me you should ask the school to put out cones and send an email if they want parents coming from both directions to use the same entrance, not venting here. Otherwise people will just think they are merging into the line.

The school has sent many emails. People ignore the school's request.

For example, from CES Weekly News 8.22.21

Arrival & Dismissal Traffic Flow & Safety

Traffic Flow
ONLY turn right into the parking lot, we ask that you go down and turn around into the line and not block the road trying to turn left into the CES kiss n ride line. This will prevent accidents and keep our traffic flow moving.

Cars will be expected to turn right out of the parking lot to expedite the flow of traffic. Please be cautious of walkers and bike riders and give right of way to them.

Students are not allowed to unload or load on Kirby road. We understand that pulling in the lot takes more time, but it also keeps our students the safest.

These practices will enable our Kiss and Ride to move quickly smoothly for all.

And more recently, from CES Weekly Update 9.3.21

Arrival and Dismissal Reminders
Kiss N Ride

ONLY turn right into and out of the parking lot to keep traffic moving. Traffic waiting and trying to squeeze in causes a safety issue as people are blocking the sidewalk walkway, reducing visibility of walkers and bike riders.
We are noticing K&R cars dropping off and leaving students early. Do not drop off your children without staff supervision in place. We have buses completing double runs and you may notice a bus releasing students to admin, but this is planned so we can get our wonderful drivers out for their double back run. We are not sending students to class early.

It's only going to be a bigger shit show once the sidewalk construction on the south side of Kirby Road begins, between the school, Halsey Rd., and Franklin Ave. It should be starting within the next few months, slated for completion in March 2022. Kirby will go down to one lane...all those entitled Kiss & Ride parents are going to have to suck it up, park at the church or the pool parking lots on the north side of Kirby, and actually walk the quarter mile to the school to pick up their little darlings, instead of idling their polluting SUVs while scrolling on their latest edition smartphones.

Kirby Rd. commuter here - when will this start? I'll be finding a different way to work!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As someone who has to drive down Kirby to get to work, can I please ask that, in the morning, you guys stay ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT and not block off the entire road? And in the afternoon, PLEASE let the people who are turning left into the line, otherwise they end up blocking traffic, and I don't want to wait behind McLean mom in her black SUV for 10 minutes because you other ladies are too mean to let her turn in.

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