Deal parking lot

[Anonymous]

It would help if Wilson and Murch and Janney also didn't let out at the same exact time....

[Anonymous]

Drop off on Chesapeake and they can walk across Ft Reno field

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It would help if Wilson and Murch and Janney also didn't let out at the same exact time....

Murch and Wilson have nothing tj do with unsafe drivers making unsafe turns in Deal parking lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of us whose kids are new to Deal, where are some good places a few blocks away to drop off/pick up, in order to stay away from the parking lot?

The few blocks of 38th and 39th north of Fessenden. Pls don’t let your kid out on Fessenden. You will stop up the cross town traffic. And the cops are giving tickets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of us whose kids are new to Deal, where are some good places a few blocks away to drop off/pick up, in order to stay away from the parking lot?

The best advice is to stay outside of the triangle formed by Nebraska, Cumberland, and Connecticut during drop off and pick up. You will sit and sit and sit once you enter that Bermuda triangle.

Take a look at a map and consider that Janney, Wilson, Deal, and Murch, with ~3500 people, are all within less than a 1 mile radius of each other, and now all the drop offs are happening simultaneously with people converging on the circle of schools from every direction and then back out again, all in the span of ~30 minutes. So, if you are headed to Deal, go somewhere northwest of the school and have the student use the path from Fessenden St. or south of Cumberland and walk a few blocks. If you try east of Deal, you get into the triangle and absolute mess around Murch and St. Paul's, if you try south of Deal you hit the Wilson traffic, particularly pedestrian traffic, if you try southwest, you get into the Janney and Metro pedestrian foot traffic and Wisconsin Ave. commuters. Keep in mind that soon, GDS to the west, Sidwell, to the south and Sheridan to the southeast will also be having drop off using the same main roads and cut throughs. Give yourselves a lot of time and be patient. Most kids walk to the preschools and elementary schools in the neighborhood, so please be mindful and careful.

A lot more people are driving to Deal and Wilson who previously would have been using public transportation. It has been a mess out there this week. Similar congestion is happening across town too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of us whose kids are new to Deal, where are some good places a few blocks away to drop off/pick up, in order to stay away from the parking lot?

The best advice is to stay outside of the triangle formed by Nebraska, Cumberland, and Connecticut during drop off and pick up. You will sit and sit and sit once you enter that Bermuda triangle.

Take a look at a map and consider that Janney, Wilson, Deal, and Murch, with ~3500 people, are all within less than a 1 mile radius of each other, and now all the drop offs are happening simultaneously with people converging on the circle of schools from every direction and then back out again, all in the span of ~30 minutes. So, if you are headed to Deal, go somewhere northwest of the school and have the student use the path from Fessenden St. or south of Cumberland and walk a few blocks. If you try east of Deal, you get into the triangle and absolute mess around Murch and St. Paul's, if you try south of Deal you hit the Wilson traffic, particularly pedestrian traffic, if you try southwest, you get into the Janney and Metro pedestrian foot traffic and Wisconsin Ave. commuters. Keep in mind that soon, GDS to the west, Sidwell, to the south and Sheridan to the southeast will also be having drop off using the same main roads and cut throughs. Give yourselves a lot of time and be patient. Most kids walk to the preschools and elementary schools in the neighborhood, so please be mindful and careful.

A lot more people are driving to Deal and Wilson who previously would have been using public transportation. It has been a mess out there this week. Similar congestion is happening across town too.

This, and the previous answers, are all very helpful. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of us whose kids are new to Deal, where are some good places a few blocks away to drop off/pick up, in order to stay away from the parking lot?

The best advice is to stay outside of the triangle formed by Nebraska, Cumberland, and Connecticut during drop off and pick up. You will sit and sit and sit once you enter that Bermuda triangle.

Take a look at a map and consider that Janney, Wilson, Deal, and Murch, with ~3500 people, are all within less than a 1 mile radius of each other, and now all the drop offs are happening simultaneously with people converging on the circle of schools from every direction and then back out again, all in the span of ~30 minutes. So, if you are headed to Deal, go somewhere northwest of the school and have the student use the path from Fessenden St. or south of Cumberland and walk a few blocks. If you try east of Deal, you get into the triangle and absolute mess around Murch and St. Paul's, if you try south of Deal you hit the Wilson traffic, particularly pedestrian traffic, if you try southwest, you get into the Janney and Metro pedestrian foot traffic and Wisconsin Ave. commuters. Keep in mind that soon, GDS to the west, Sidwell, to the south and Sheridan to the southeast will also be having drop off using the same main roads and cut throughs. Give yourselves a lot of time and be patient. Most kids walk to the preschools and elementary schools in the neighborhood, so please be mindful and careful.

A lot more people are driving to Deal and Wilson who previously would have been using public transportation. It has been a mess out there this week. Similar congestion is happening across town too.

Yours is actually the second best advice. The ACTUAL best advice from a traffic perspective would be to return about 1000 kids from Deal and Wilson to their neighborhood schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know every family who is driving up the drive is a special case - but please just follow the line.

If you can't do it for all the other children around - please do it for the teachers. Following the process gets everyone collectively out quicker. Including the teachers! I was chatting with one who said it is taking them over 30 minutes just to get out of the parking lot.

If you can't do something for the other families - please do it for the teachers!

Hahahaha no. Least priority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of us whose kids are new to Deal, where are some good places a few blocks away to drop off/pick up, in order to stay away from the parking lot?

The best advice is to stay outside of the triangle formed by Nebraska, Cumberland, and Connecticut during drop off and pick up. You will sit and sit and sit once you enter that Bermuda triangle.

Take a look at a map and consider that Janney, Wilson, Deal, and Murch, with ~3500 people, are all within less than a 1 mile radius of each other, and now all the drop offs are happening simultaneously with people converging on the circle of schools from every direction and then back out again, all in the span of ~30 minutes. So, if you are headed to Deal, go somewhere northwest of the school and have the student use the path from Fessenden St. or south of Cumberland and walk a few blocks. If you try east of Deal, you get into the triangle and absolute mess around Murch and St. Paul's, if you try south of Deal you hit the Wilson traffic, particularly pedestrian traffic, if you try southwest, you get into the Janney and Metro pedestrian foot traffic and Wisconsin Ave. commuters. Keep in mind that soon, GDS to the west, Sidwell, to the south and Sheridan to the southeast will also be having drop off using the same main roads and cut throughs. Give yourselves a lot of time and be patient. Most kids walk to the preschools and elementary schools in the neighborhood, so please be mindful and careful.

A lot more people are driving to Deal and Wilson who previously would have been using public transportation. It has been a mess out there this week. Similar congestion is happening across town too.

Yours is actually the second best advice. The ACTUAL best advice from a traffic perspective would be to return about 1000 kids from Deal and Wilson to their neighborhood schools.

My mistake. I found something even lower priority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of us whose kids are new to Deal, where are some good places a few blocks away to drop off/pick up, in order to stay away from the parking lot?

The best advice is to stay outside of the triangle formed by Nebraska, Cumberland, and Connecticut during drop off and pick up. You will sit and sit and sit once you enter that Bermuda triangle.

Take a look at a map and consider that Janney, Wilson, Deal, and Murch, with ~3500 people, are all within less than a 1 mile radius of each other, and now all the drop offs are happening simultaneously with people converging on the circle of schools from every direction and then back out again, all in the span of ~30 minutes. So, if you are headed to Deal, go somewhere northwest of the school and have the student use the path from Fessenden St. or south of Cumberland and walk a few blocks. If you try east of Deal, you get into the triangle and absolute mess around Murch and St. Paul's, if you try south of Deal you hit the Wilson traffic, particularly pedestrian traffic, if you try southwest, you get into the Janney and Metro pedestrian foot traffic and Wisconsin Ave. commuters. Keep in mind that soon, GDS to the west, Sidwell, to the south and Sheridan to the southeast will also be having drop off using the same main roads and cut throughs. Give yourselves a lot of time and be patient. Most kids walk to the preschools and elementary schools in the neighborhood, so please be mindful and careful.

A lot more people are driving to Deal and Wilson who previously would have been using public transportation. It has been a mess out there this week. Similar congestion is happening across town too.

Yours is actually the second best advice. The ACTUAL best advice from a traffic perspective would be to return about 1000 kids from Deal and Wilson to their neighborhood schools.

Yep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of us whose kids are new to Deal, where are some good places a few blocks away to drop off/pick up, in order to stay away from the parking lot?

The best advice is to stay outside of the triangle formed by Nebraska, Cumberland, and Connecticut during drop off and pick up. You will sit and sit and sit once you enter that Bermuda triangle.

Take a look at a map and consider that Janney, Wilson, Deal, and Murch, with ~3500 people, are all within less than a 1 mile radius of each other, and now all the drop offs are happening simultaneously with people converging on the circle of schools from every direction and then back out again, all in the span of ~30 minutes. So, if you are headed to Deal, go somewhere northwest of the school and have the student use the path from Fessenden St. or south of Cumberland and walk a few blocks. If you try east of Deal, you get into the triangle and absolute mess around Murch and St. Paul's, if you try south of Deal you hit the Wilson traffic, particularly pedestrian traffic, if you try southwest, you get into the Janney and Metro pedestrian foot traffic and Wisconsin Ave. commuters. Keep in mind that soon, GDS to the west, Sidwell, to the south and Sheridan to the southeast will also be having drop off using the same main roads and cut throughs. Give yourselves a lot of time and be patient. Most kids walk to the preschools and elementary schools in the neighborhood, so please be mindful and careful.

A lot more people are driving to Deal and Wilson who previously would have been using public transportation. It has been a mess out there this week. Similar congestion is happening across town too.

Yours is actually the second best advice. The ACTUAL best advice from a traffic perspective would be to return about 1000 kids from Deal and Wilson to their neighborhood schools.

What the h#ll neighborhood schools are those? With kids at both Deal and Wilson - the vast majority - over 90% are in bounds from feeder schools at this point. My Junior's class was the last with tons of OOB. Deal is pretty much all in bounds.

I try to avoid picking up. The first week of school is insane. And having Deal & Wilson let out at the same time is insane.

The best advice for Deal - is what someone suggested - 38th or 39th across from Fessenden -they can walk over the big hill.

My fav pick spot is 38th & Chesapeake. Cumberland used to be good and can be used for pick ups on non bad weather days. After seeing Nebraska yesterday with all the parents parked along it and totally jamming traffic - avoid that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of us whose kids are new to Deal, where are some good places a few blocks away to drop off/pick up, in order to stay away from the parking lot?

The best advice is to stay outside of the triangle formed by Nebraska, Cumberland, and Connecticut during drop off and pick up. You will sit and sit and sit once you enter that Bermuda triangle.

Take a look at a map and consider that Janney, Wilson, Deal, and Murch, with ~3500 people, are all within less than a 1 mile radius of each other, and now all the drop offs are happening simultaneously with people converging on the circle of schools from every direction and then back out again, all in the span of ~30 minutes. So, if you are headed to Deal, go somewhere northwest of the school and have the student use the path from Fessenden St. or south of Cumberland and walk a few blocks. If you try east of Deal, you get into the triangle and absolute mess around Murch and St. Paul's, if you try south of Deal you hit the Wilson traffic, particularly pedestrian traffic, if you try southwest, you get into the Janney and Metro pedestrian foot traffic and Wisconsin Ave. commuters. Keep in mind that soon, GDS to the west, Sidwell, to the south and Sheridan to the southeast will also be having drop off using the same main roads and cut throughs. Give yourselves a lot of time and be patient. Most kids walk to the preschools and elementary schools in the neighborhood, so please be mindful and careful.

A lot more people are driving to Deal and Wilson who previously would have been using public transportation. It has been a mess out there this week. Similar congestion is happening across town too.

Yours is actually the second best advice. The ACTUAL best advice from a traffic perspective would be to return about 1000 kids from Deal and Wilson to their neighborhood schools.

No the actual best advice would be for all of the people who live within a mile of Deal and Wilson to let their kids walk, even in the rain. That traffic mess isn’t because of OOB families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of us whose kids are new to Deal, where are some good places a few blocks away to drop off/pick up, in order to stay away from the parking lot?

The best advice is to stay outside of the triangle formed by Nebraska, Cumberland, and Connecticut during drop off and pick up. You will sit and sit and sit once you enter that Bermuda triangle.

Take a look at a map and consider that Janney, Wilson, Deal, and Murch, with ~3500 people, are all within less than a 1 mile radius of each other, and now all the drop offs are happening simultaneously with people converging on the circle of schools from every direction and then back out again, all in the span of ~30 minutes. So, if you are headed to Deal, go somewhere northwest of the school and have the student use the path from Fessenden St. or south of Cumberland and walk a few blocks. If you try east of Deal, you get into the triangle and absolute mess around Murch and St. Paul's, if you try south of Deal you hit the Wilson traffic, particularly pedestrian traffic, if you try southwest, you get into the Janney and Metro pedestrian foot traffic and Wisconsin Ave. commuters. Keep in mind that soon, GDS to the west, Sidwell, to the south and Sheridan to the southeast will also be having drop off using the same main roads and cut throughs. Give yourselves a lot of time and be patient. Most kids walk to the preschools and elementary schools in the neighborhood, so please be mindful and careful.

A lot more people are driving to Deal and Wilson who previously would have been using public transportation. It has been a mess out there this week. Similar congestion is happening across town too.

Yours is actually the second best advice. The ACTUAL best advice from a traffic perspective would be to return about 1000 kids from Deal and Wilson to their neighborhood schools.

I went to Deal and Wilson in the 90s when they were more than 50% OOB kids. I don't know anyone who was driven to school on a regular basis. Everyone took the bus or metro or walked. Once we hit Wilson and kids would drive some kids would drive and park nearby so they could do sports practices but again, there were not tons of kids getting dropped off. Parents were not allowed in the Deal driveway at all. This issue has zero to do with OOB kids and everything to do with people driving thier kids short distances that could be covered by so many other transportation options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of us whose kids are new to Deal, where are some good places a few blocks away to drop off/pick up, in order to stay away from the parking lot?

The best advice is to stay outside of the triangle formed by Nebraska, Cumberland, and Connecticut during drop off and pick up. You will sit and sit and sit once you enter that Bermuda triangle.

Take a look at a map and consider that Janney, Wilson, Deal, and Murch, with ~3500 people, are all within less than a 1 mile radius of each other, and now all the drop offs are happening simultaneously with people converging on the circle of schools from every direction and then back out again, all in the span of ~30 minutes. So, if you are headed to Deal, go somewhere northwest of the school and have the student use the path from Fessenden St. or south of Cumberland and walk a few blocks. If you try east of Deal, you get into the triangle and absolute mess around Murch and St. Paul's, if you try south of Deal you hit the Wilson traffic, particularly pedestrian traffic, if you try southwest, you get into the Janney and Metro pedestrian foot traffic and Wisconsin Ave. commuters. Keep in mind that soon, GDS to the west, Sidwell, to the south and Sheridan to the southeast will also be having drop off using the same main roads and cut throughs. Give yourselves a lot of time and be patient. Most kids walk to the preschools and elementary schools in the neighborhood, so please be mindful and careful.

A lot more people are driving to Deal and Wilson who previously would have been using public transportation. It has been a mess out there this week. Similar congestion is happening across town too.

Yours is actually the second best advice. The ACTUAL best advice from a traffic perspective would be to return about 1000 kids from Deal and Wilson to their neighborhood schools.

I went to Deal and Wilson in the 90s when they were more than 50% OOB kids. I don't know anyone who was driven to school on a regular basis. Everyone took the bus or metro or walked. Once we hit Wilson and kids would drive some kids would drive and park nearby so they could do sports practices but again, there were not tons of kids getting dropped off. Parents were not allowed in the Deal driveway at all. This issue has zero to do with OOB kids and everything to do with people driving thier kids short distances that could be covered by so many other transportation options.

Were you taking a crowded metro or bus in the middle of a pandemic? Didn't think so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of us whose kids are new to Deal, where are some good places a few blocks away to drop off/pick up, in order to stay away from the parking lot?

The best advice is to stay outside of the triangle formed by Nebraska, Cumberland, and Connecticut during drop off and pick up. You will sit and sit and sit once you enter that Bermuda triangle.

Take a look at a map and consider that Janney, Wilson, Deal, and Murch, with ~3500 people, are all within less than a 1 mile radius of each other, and now all the drop offs are happening simultaneously with people converging on the circle of schools from every direction and then back out again, all in the span of ~30 minutes. So, if you are headed to Deal, go somewhere northwest of the school and have the student use the path from Fessenden St. or south of Cumberland and walk a few blocks. If you try east of Deal, you get into the triangle and absolute mess around Murch and St. Paul's, if you try south of Deal you hit the Wilson traffic, particularly pedestrian traffic, if you try southwest, you get into the Janney and Metro pedestrian foot traffic and Wisconsin Ave. commuters. Keep in mind that soon, GDS to the west, Sidwell, to the south and Sheridan to the southeast will also be having drop off using the same main roads and cut throughs. Give yourselves a lot of time and be patient. Most kids walk to the preschools and elementary schools in the neighborhood, so please be mindful and careful.

A lot more people are driving to Deal and Wilson who previously would have been using public transportation. It has been a mess out there this week. Similar congestion is happening across town too.

Yours is actually the second best advice. The ACTUAL best advice from a traffic perspective would be to return about 1000 kids from Deal and Wilson to their neighborhood schools.

I went to Deal and Wilson in the 90s when they were more than 50% OOB kids. I don't know anyone who was driven to school on a regular basis. Everyone took the bus or metro or walked. Once we hit Wilson and kids would drive some kids would drive and park nearby so they could do sports practices but again, there were not tons of kids getting dropped off. Parents were not allowed in the Deal driveway at all. This issue has zero to do with OOB kids and everything to do with people driving thier kids short distances that could be covered by so many other transportation options.

Were you taking a crowded metro or bus in the middle of a pandemic? Didn't think so.

IB Parents were driving their kids way before the pandemic even if Billy has a bus threat dropped him off 5 blocks from him because Upper NW DC is a very helicopter/bubble type environment.