Beauvoir - New Parent with Parking/Traffic Frustrations

[Anonymous]

About 3 weeks into Beauvoir and while my child loves it, I dread going to daily drop-off and pick-up because the traffic seems horrible and parking non-existent.

1. For parents walking their kids into class at 8am, where do they park??

2. Is the carpool line always THIS backed up?

3. Is there easy neighborhood parking available?

I wonder if the other two schools in the Big 3 are this difficult with respect to parking and traffic??

[Anonymous]

Past parent here- get there at7:30 and park under the gym then walk your child in. You can say hi to the teacher and other parents at the coffee area- so nice! Really miss it there!

[Anonymous]

You park in the cathedral garage and the school validates your ticket at the front desk.

[Anonymous]

thanks for the tips! how do you access the garage and does it connect to the school?

[Anonymous]

If it makes you feel better, GDS’ carpool line is legendary.

[Anonymous]

It does take a few weeks every year to have pick up run smoothly. This is probably true everywhere. Should move faster in a couple weeks. In the meantime show up on the late side unless there is somewhere you need to be at 4

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:About 3 weeks into Beauvoir and while my child loves it, I dread going to daily drop-off and pick-up because the traffic seems horrible and parking non-existent.

1. For parents walking their kids into class at 8am, where do they park??

2. Is the carpool line always THIS backed up?

3. Is there easy neighborhood parking available?

I wonder if the other two schools in the Big 3 are this difficult with respect to parking and traffic??

YOU think Beauvoir traffic is bad? How do you think people in the neighborhood feel?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:About 3 weeks into Beauvoir and while my child loves it, I dread going to daily drop-off and pick-up because the traffic seems horrible and parking non-existent.

1. For parents walking their kids into class at 8am, where do they park??

2. Is the carpool line always THIS backed up?

3. Is there easy neighborhood parking available?

I wonder if the other two schools in the Big 3 are this difficult with respect to parking and traffic??

YOU think Beauvoir traffic is bad? How do you think people in the neighborhood feel?

Exactly. Why do you think Newark St has about six speed bumps. People who live on Woodley and 35th Sts would love to get humps on those streets!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:thanks for the tips! how do you access the garage and does it connect to the school?

Yes. It’s connected via the Cathedral Close. It’s a lovely walk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it makes you feel better, GDS’ carpool line is legendary.

This is old news, and was never all that true. In any case, GDS consulted some of the regions’s top traffic consultants to enhance drop off. The Wisconsin campus will have a sustainable traffic plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it makes you feel better, GDS’ carpool line is legendary.

This is old news, and was never all that true. In any case, GDS consulted some of the regions’s top traffic consultants to enhance drop off. The Wisconsin campus will have a sustainable traffic plan.

Yes, a “roster of aces” for traffic.

[Anonymous]

We just started at GDS and carpool is much much better than I had expected. They're using some new system (SchoolPass). But I look forward to Tenleytown, where busses and metro will be viable options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:thanks for the tips! how do you access the garage and does it connect to the school?

Yes. It’s connected via the Cathedral Close. It’s a lovely walk.

where are the entrances for the garage?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:thanks for the tips! how do you access the garage and does it connect to the school?

Yes. It’s connected via the Cathedral Close. It’s a lovely walk.

where are the entrances for the garage?

Look on the Cathedral’s website for info/map.

[Anonymous]

The entrance is on Wisconsin. This explains it:

https://cathedral.org/visit-us/directions-parking/