Car line drop off: Why does your kid need to be dropped off right in front of the door?

[Anonymous]

I’m a teacher and this is infuriating. It’s a problem in the afternoon, too, where parents don’t want to pull to the front because they don’t want their kid to have to walk. When it’s raining or cold it takes us FOREVER because people will straight up ignore our directions and refuse to move. We’re standing in the rain trying to help these people and they are incredibly inconsiderate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our school has safety patrol who flag the cars into position and you have to pull up as far as possible - it’s like the cab line at the airport and it runs extremely well.

This way works best IMO. However, at my school lots of parents don't want to wait and drop off in the middle of the line, causing a backup

[Anonymous]

We live a block from school. Everyone parks in our street (double parks). Then cuts through the closest yard. It’s a s show.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is on crutches, so I am letting him off as close as possible. Once he is off the crutches, he will resume taking the bus.

You understood that OP wasn’t talking about kids on crutches, correct?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The worst is the parents who get out of the car with their children and to get backpacks out of the trunk. These people suck!!!!

I mean…if their car is too small to have stuff in the back seat, what else are they supposed to do? I’ve noticed people doing this at our school, and the parents who get out and help are moving along a lot faster than the cars where the kids get the backpacks out of the trunk themselves.

WTF are you talking about. If a child can fit in the back seat, then their bag can fit back there as well. If you need to get stuff out of the trunk, then you should park and walk your kid up to the door.

The people I see are in compact cars and their kids have huge backpacks and those huge binders. I can see where that wouldn’t all fit in the backseat.

What? Do their children not have LAPS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are close enough that you don't get a bus, then your child should be walking or biking. Parents need to stop driving to car pickup!

Afternoon pickup is the worst. Cars will be idling there for 15-30 minutes. You should not be able to idle like that on school property. Kids get brought out one by one, which drives me insane. Why can't they be in a pen outside? Or after K, just let them walk out by themselves!

My dd is almost 8 and in 2nd grade and isn't allowed to come outside or walk home by herself. It takes an extra 10 min to get her called and allow her to come out the door in the afternoon.

LOLOL

[Anonymous]

If everyone either walked or took the bus this wouldn’t be an issue. It wasn’t when we were kids. There were no “car riders” then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Beats me. As soon as I’ve turned into the parking lot, I tell my kid to remove her seatbelt and gather her things. I pull up as far as I can and tell her to have a good day. She’s expected to exit the car as soon as I come to a stop along the curb.

I do that too. I have a countdown for DC to unbuckle, crab the bag and get the heck out. We are not even in the drop off lane since we don't have such thing in the city. For me 'get out now' means 5 seconds ago. It's cultural.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is on crutches, so I am letting him off as close as possible. Once he is off the crutches, he will resume taking the bus.

Doesn’t he walk around the whole school on crutches?