Parking at 2Rivers@Young

[Anonymous]

Why haven't the administration at 2Rivers@Young sorted the parking out yet? Another two Pre-school classes joined this year and the parking situation was NUTS yesterday! And then we all get a scolding e mail telling us not to park in the one empty lot opposite the school! The golf lot is not used. The drop off window has not been expanded from 15 minutes to ease overcrowding. And all attempts to join a committee to help work on the problem have gone unanswered. Disappointing, as elsewhere the school seems so organized.

[Anonymous]

We enrolled, but did not attend. Yeah, I asked about this while enrolling as I could tell it would be a mess. It is disappointing to hear that they do not seem interested in working out a solution.

[Anonymous]

They were out there this morning helping. I don't think the email was scolding. It included recommendations determined by a parent committee who met last year ( I wasn't on it). The school doesn't have control over the lot, the city has said they will ticket there and parking on the 26th St. worked just fine. Yes, there a lot of cars and the walk takes a bit of time, but if you don't turn up the service road, there is plenty of space. We got there at 8:15 this morning. I'd just try to get there a little earlier to account for the walk.

[Anonymous]

I only had a problem maybe twice last year. Get there earlyish, try to car pool, try to remember that some children in the world walk a mile with no shoes to and from school.

[Anonymous]

I would looooooove if they cut a hole in the fence facing 26th

[Anonymous]

People send their kid to a school in the city, complain about city parking. You want an excellent school in the city, but you want suburban drop off capabilities. THAT ISN'T THEIR PARKING LOT. They can't pretend it is.

You sound so entitled.

[Anonymous]

It's not ideal, but that's life. I didn't find the email scolding in the least--and I was one of the (new) parents who parked on H St. and deserved to get scolded at.
This morning I parked on 26th St. and walked up with out a problem.
Just deal.

[Anonymous]

We are a second-year family at Two Rivers @ Young. We were really surprised to get the email from the school telling us not to use the lot across the street (the Springarn lot) as Two Rivers families had been using that all last year with no hassle. I get that it is not Two Rivers' fault (it isn't their land, and they can't control what the city says), but it was surprising given that we used it for so long with no complaint. I am frustrated that they haven't opened up the lot behind Two Rivers (there is a large lot of land with a small playground that no one uses) to provide some relief. They opened it once or twice last year, but otherwise it remains locked, and they haven't explained why it can't be leveraged.

I'm glad to hear that others aren't having trouble parking on 26th and hope that continues as the year goes on, although I'm not optimistic. Last year, I found that finding parking on 26th was often very difficult during drop-off. You can only park on one side of the street, and it appeared that there were a lot of people who were working at the Car Barn lot construction who would park on 26th (and who would arrive way before school started). Between them and the families arriving at Two Rivers (and also Browne) parking on 26th was crazy.

TBH we love Young with respect to most other things but I have really been unhappy with how they have managed the parking situation. It seems that there are things they could do to mitigate some hassle (the lot behind school, or like PP said creating an entry onto school parking directly from 26th) and they haven't. Also, I don't see what "recommendations" the "parent committee" made. Everything in that email (aside from not parking in the Springarn lot) is the exact same as what we were told last year in terms of parking on 26th, walking up H, crossing where there are guards, not stopping on H, etc. It doesn't appear to me that the committee actually made any new recommendations to manage the situation -- they simply reiterated precisely what we were told by the school admin last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are a second-year family at Two Rivers @ Young. We were really surprised to get the email from the school telling us not to use the lot across the street (the Springarn lot) as Two Rivers families had been using that all last year with no hassle. I get that it is not Two Rivers' fault (it isn't their land, and they can't control what the city says), but it was surprising given that we used it for so long with no complaint. I am frustrated that they haven't opened up the lot behind Two Rivers (there is a large lot of land with a small playground that no one uses) to provide some relief. They opened it once or twice last year, but otherwise it remains locked, and they haven't explained why it can't be leveraged.

I'm glad to hear that others aren't having trouble parking on 26th and hope that continues as the year goes on, although I'm not optimistic. Last year, I found that finding parking on 26th was often very difficult during drop-off. You can only park on one side of the street, and it appeared that there were a lot of people who were working at the Car Barn lot construction who would park on 26th (and who would arrive way before school started). Between them and the families arriving at Two Rivers (and also Browne) parking on 26th was crazy.

TBH we love Young with respect to most other things but I have really been unhappy with how they have managed the parking situation. It seems that there are things they could do to mitigate some hassle (the lot behind school, or like PP said creating an entry onto school parking directly from 26th) and they haven't. Also, I don't see what "recommendations" the "parent committee" made. Everything in that email (aside from not parking in the Springarn lot) is the exact same as what we were told last year in terms of parking on 26th, walking up H, crossing where there are guards, not stopping on H, etc. It doesn't appear to me that the committee actually made any new recommendations to manage the situation -- they simply reiterated precisely what we were told by the school admin last year.

While there are signs, I don't think there is any enforcement about parking on either side of 26th st.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a second-year family at Two Rivers @ Young. We were really surprised to get the email from the school telling us not to use the lot across the street (the Springarn lot) as Two Rivers families had been using that all last year with no hassle. I get that it is not Two Rivers' fault (it isn't their land, and they can't control what the city says), but it was surprising given that we used it for so long with no complaint. I am frustrated that they haven't opened up the lot behind Two Rivers (there is a large lot of land with a small playground that no one uses) to provide some relief. They opened it once or twice last year, but otherwise it remains locked, and they haven't explained why it can't be leveraged.

I'm glad to hear that others aren't having trouble parking on 26th and hope that continues as the year goes on, although I'm not optimistic. Last year, I found that finding parking on 26th was often very difficult during drop-off. You can only park on one side of the street, and it appeared that there were a lot of people who were working at the Car Barn lot construction who would park on 26th (and who would arrive way before school started). Between them and the families arriving at Two Rivers (and also Browne) parking on 26th was crazy.

TBH we love Young with respect to most other things but I have really been unhappy with how they have managed the parking situation. It seems that there are things they could do to mitigate some hassle (the lot behind school, or like PP said creating an entry onto school parking directly from 26th) and they haven't. Also, I don't see what "recommendations" the "parent committee" made. Everything in that email (aside from not parking in the Springarn lot) is the exact same as what we were told last year in terms of parking on 26th, walking up H, crossing where there are guards, not stopping on H, etc. It doesn't appear to me that the committee actually made any new recommendations to manage the situation -- they simply reiterated precisely what we were told by the school admin last year.

While there are signs, I don't think there is any enforcement about parking on either side of 26th st.

It's supposed to be a road with two-way traffic, though. If there are cars parked on both sides of the street across from each other, it looks like it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, for moving cars to pass each other because the parked cars would narrow the street so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are a second-year family at Two Rivers @ Young. We were really surprised to get the email from the school telling us not to use the lot across the street (the Springarn lot) as Two Rivers families had been using that all last year with no hassle. I get that it is not Two Rivers' fault (it isn't their land, and they can't control what the city says), but it was surprising given that we used it for so long with no complaint. I am frustrated that they haven't opened up the lot behind Two Rivers (there is a large lot of land with a small playground that no one uses) to provide some relief. They opened it once or twice last year, but otherwise it remains locked, and they haven't explained why it can't be leveraged.

I'm glad to hear that others aren't having trouble parking on 26th and hope that continues as the year goes on, although I'm not optimistic. Last year, I found that finding parking on 26th was often very difficult during drop-off. You can only park on one side of the street, and it appeared that there were a lot of people who were working at the Car Barn lot construction who would park on 26th (and who would arrive way before school started). Between them and the families arriving at Two Rivers (and also Browne) parking on 26th was crazy.

TBH we love Young with respect to most other things but I have really been unhappy with how they have managed the parking situation. It seems that there are things they could do to mitigate some hassle (the lot behind school, or like PP said creating an entry onto school parking directly from 26th) and they haven't. Also, I don't see what "recommendations" the "parent committee" made. Everything in that email (aside from not parking in the Springarn lot) is the exact same as what we were told last year in terms of parking on 26th, walking up H, crossing where there are guards, not stopping on H, etc. It doesn't appear to me that the committee actually made any new recommendations to manage the situation -- they simply reiterated precisely what we were told by the school admin last year.

I completely agree with you!!! 2nd year also - Task force did not come up with anything useful I have always parked at Springarn, I come from the other side so busting a U-turn to park on 26th street to park in the midst of all the traffic on that street is not an option. They need to open the 2R lot or allow parking on both sides, or continue to ignore the fact that we have no choice but to park where we can. They've had over 2 years to figure out a solution. I did not appreciate the email.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a second-year family at Two Rivers @ Young. We were really surprised to get the email from the school telling us not to use the lot across the street (the Springarn lot) as Two Rivers families had been using that all last year with no hassle. I get that it is not Two Rivers' fault (it isn't their land, and they can't control what the city says), but it was surprising given that we used it for so long with no complaint. I am frustrated that they haven't opened up the lot behind Two Rivers (there is a large lot of land with a small playground that no one uses) to provide some relief. They opened it once or twice last year, but otherwise it remains locked, and they haven't explained why it can't be leveraged.

I'm glad to hear that others aren't having trouble parking on 26th and hope that continues as the year goes on, although I'm not optimistic. Last year, I found that finding parking on 26th was often very difficult during drop-off. You can only park on one side of the street, and it appeared that there were a lot of people who were working at the Car Barn lot construction who would park on 26th (and who would arrive way before school started). Between them and the families arriving at Two Rivers (and also Browne) parking on 26th was crazy.

TBH we love Young with respect to most other things but I have really been unhappy with how they have managed the parking situation. It seems that there are things they could do to mitigate some hassle (the lot behind school, or like PP said creating an entry onto school parking directly from 26th) and they haven't. Also, I don't see what "recommendations" the "parent committee" made. Everything in that email (aside from not parking in the Springarn lot) is the exact same as what we were told last year in terms of parking on 26th, walking up H, crossing where there are guards, not stopping on H, etc. It doesn't appear to me that the committee actually made any new recommendations to manage the situation -- they simply reiterated precisely what we were told by the school admin last year.

I completely agree with you!!! 2nd year also - Task force did not come up with anything useful I have always parked at Springarn, I come from the other side so busting a U-turn to park on 26th street to park in the midst of all the traffic on that street is not an option. They need to open the 2R lot or allow parking on both sides, or continue to ignore the fact that we have no choice but to park where we can. They've had over 2 years to figure out a solution. I did not appreciate the email.

Absolutely - this should be the top priority. Forget educating the kids, developing a school community, handling the millions of other issues a public school faces. They should focus on making it easier for you to park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a second-year family at Two Rivers @ Young. We were really surprised to get the email from the school telling us not to use the lot across the street (the Springarn lot) as Two Rivers families had been using that all last year with no hassle. I get that it is not Two Rivers' fault (it isn't their land, and they can't control what the city says), but it was surprising given that we used it for so long with no complaint. I am frustrated that they haven't opened up the lot behind Two Rivers (there is a large lot of land with a small playground that no one uses) to provide some relief. They opened it once or twice last year, but otherwise it remains locked, and they haven't explained why it can't be leveraged.

I'm glad to hear that others aren't having trouble parking on 26th and hope that continues as the year goes on, although I'm not optimistic. Last year, I found that finding parking on 26th was often very difficult during drop-off. You can only park on one side of the street, and it appeared that there were a lot of people who were working at the Car Barn lot construction who would park on 26th (and who would arrive way before school started). Between them and the families arriving at Two Rivers (and also Browne) parking on 26th was crazy.

TBH we love Young with respect to most other things but I have really been unhappy with how they have managed the parking situation. It seems that there are things they could do to mitigate some hassle (the lot behind school, or like PP said creating an entry onto school parking directly from 26th) and they haven't. Also, I don't see what "recommendations" the "parent committee" made. Everything in that email (aside from not parking in the Springarn lot) is the exact same as what we were told last year in terms of parking on 26th, walking up H, crossing where there are guards, not stopping on H, etc. It doesn't appear to me that the committee actually made any new recommendations to manage the situation -- they simply reiterated precisely what we were told by the school admin last year.

I completely agree with you!!! 2nd year also - Task force did not come up with anything useful I have always parked at Springarn, I come from the other side so busting a U-turn to park on 26th street to park in the midst of all the traffic on that street is not an option. They need to open the 2R lot or allow parking on both sides, or continue to ignore the fact that we have no choice but to park where we can. They've had over 2 years to figure out a solution. I did not appreciate the email.

Absolutely - this should be the top priority. Forget educating the kids, developing a school community, handling the millions of other issues a public school faces. They should focus on making it easier for you to park.

Parent from another school - I used to park about 3 blocks away (cross 2 intersections with lights) so that I knew I would get a parking spot. You knew what you were signing up for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a second-year family at Two Rivers @ Young. We were really surprised to get the email from the school telling us not to use the lot across the street (the Springarn lot) as Two Rivers families had been using that all last year with no hassle. I get that it is not Two Rivers' fault (it isn't their land, and they can't control what the city says), but it was surprising given that we used it for so long with no complaint. I am frustrated that they haven't opened up the lot behind Two Rivers (there is a large lot of land with a small playground that no one uses) to provide some relief. They opened it once or twice last year, but otherwise it remains locked, and they haven't explained why it can't be leveraged.

I'm glad to hear that others aren't having trouble parking on 26th and hope that continues as the year goes on, although I'm not optimistic. Last year, I found that finding parking on 26th was often very difficult during drop-off. You can only park on one side of the street, and it appeared that there were a lot of people who were working at the Car Barn lot construction who would park on 26th (and who would arrive way before school started). Between them and the families arriving at Two Rivers (and also Browne) parking on 26th was crazy.

TBH we love Young with respect to most other things but I have really been unhappy with how they have managed the parking situation. It seems that there are things they could do to mitigate some hassle (the lot behind school, or like PP said creating an entry onto school parking directly from 26th) and they haven't. Also, I don't see what "recommendations" the "parent committee" made. Everything in that email (aside from not parking in the Springarn lot) is the exact same as what we were told last year in terms of parking on 26th, walking up H, crossing where there are guards, not stopping on H, etc. It doesn't appear to me that the committee actually made any new recommendations to manage the situation -- they simply reiterated precisely what we were told by the school admin last year.

I completely agree with you!!! 2nd year also - Task force did not come up with anything useful I have always parked at Springarn, I come from the other side so busting a U-turn to park on 26th street to park in the midst of all the traffic on that street is not an option. They need to open the 2R lot or allow parking on both sides, or continue to ignore the fact that we have no choice but to park where we can. They've had over 2 years to figure out a solution. I did not appreciate the email.

Why can't you take another route?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a second-year family at Two Rivers @ Young. We were really surprised to get the email from the school telling us not to use the lot across the street (the Springarn lot) as Two Rivers families had been using that all last year with no hassle. I get that it is not Two Rivers' fault (it isn't their land, and they can't control what the city says), but it was surprising given that we used it for so long with no complaint. I am frustrated that they haven't opened up the lot behind Two Rivers (there is a large lot of land with a small playground that no one uses) to provide some relief. They opened it once or twice last year, but otherwise it remains locked, and they haven't explained why it can't be leveraged.

I'm glad to hear that others aren't having trouble parking on 26th and hope that continues as the year goes on, although I'm not optimistic. Last year, I found that finding parking on 26th was often very difficult during drop-off. You can only park on one side of the street, and it appeared that there were a lot of people who were working at the Car Barn lot construction who would park on 26th (and who would arrive way before school started). Between them and the families arriving at Two Rivers (and also Browne) parking on 26th was crazy.

TBH we love Young with respect to most other things but I have really been unhappy with how they have managed the parking situation. It seems that there are things they could do to mitigate some hassle (the lot behind school, or like PP said creating an entry onto school parking directly from 26th) and they haven't. Also, I don't see what "recommendations" the "parent committee" made. Everything in that email (aside from not parking in the Springarn lot) is the exact same as what we were told last year in terms of parking on 26th, walking up H, crossing where there are guards, not stopping on H, etc. It doesn't appear to me that the committee actually made any new recommendations to manage the situation -- they simply reiterated precisely what we were told by the school admin last year.

I completely agree with you!!! 2nd year also - Task force did not come up with anything useful I have always parked at Springarn, I come from the other side so busting a U-turn to park on 26th street to park in the midst of all the traffic on that street is not an option. They need to open the 2R lot or allow parking on both sides, or continue to ignore the fact that we have no choice but to park where we can. They've had over 2 years to figure out a solution. I did not appreciate the email.

Why can't you take another route?

Please, enlighten me. What other route do you suggest?