Will Arrival Wait Times Improve?

[Anonymous]

This morning it took like 30 minutes just to get our kid off the sidewalk and to the door. I really hope this gets better. The paper forms seem irrelevant except for liability, which should not be the point. Anybody know what could accelerate entry into schools?

[Anonymous]

I think this is school dependent. Our school did not have an entry procedure. It was the same as every other pre-Covid morning except in masks. I understand our school is soon going to roll out those online forms parents need to submit before sending their kids in the morning but no procedures at the actual doors

[Anonymous]

It’s day 1. Calm down and give it a couple days

[Anonymous]

What school? [What's with the needless anonymity on schools in this forum??]

[Anonymous]

because you don't want to deanonymize yourself or denigrate your own school or its staff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s day 1. Calm down and give it a couple days

What's going to change in the next two weeks? Or the next two months? I understand that on normal first days a lot of people come and it's busy, but the difficulty here is not first day difficulties. It's get in one line, fill out a form, get a temperature check, talk to a health-ish person, get in the building, maybe. I don't think routinizing this is going to speed it up.

[Anonymous]

It took 50 min at our school.

[Anonymous]

LAMB was not great this morning. Lots of congregating outside before the doors opened, and the doors opened late. Things were easier/more organized in this spring. I am hoping it gets better this week.

[Anonymous]

OP, is your child in K or preK? Don’t worry. It gets better.

[Anonymous]

Hoping ours is better tomorrow when before care starts, so fewer folks dropping off at the same time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s day 1. Calm down and give it a couple days

What's going to change in the next two weeks? Or the next two months? I understand that on normal first days a lot of people come and it's busy, but the difficulty here is not first day difficulties. It's get in one line, fill out a form, get a temperature check, talk to a health-ish person, get in the building, maybe. I don't think routinizing this is going to speed it up.

Things get more efficient. People stagger their arrival times. Lessons are learned and processes change. Routinizing always makes things faster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LAMB was not great this morning. Lots of congregating outside before the doors opened, and the doors opened late. Things were easier/more organized in this spring. I am hoping it gets better this week.

The biggest issue I saw at LAMB this morning was parents who ignored the explicit instruction that parents using the kiss and ride option should not get out of the car. I saw numerous parents this morning get out to take first day of school pictures. While frustrating for those of us behind them in line, I'm reminding myself that this is just the first day, excitement/nerves are running high, this particular issue won't be a long-term problem, and that everyone going back to school (parents, students, teachers) deserve some grace as we get back into the swing of things. Based on what I saw today, I think we will see significant improvement by the end of the week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LAMB was not great this morning. Lots of congregating outside before the doors opened, and the doors opened late. Things were easier/more organized in this spring. I am hoping it gets better this week.

The biggest issue I saw at LAMB this morning was parents who ignored the explicit instruction that parents using the kiss and ride option should not get out of the car. I saw numerous parents this morning get out to take first day of school pictures. While frustrating for those of us behind them in line, I'm reminding myself that this is just the first day, excitement/nerves are running high, this particular issue won't be a long-term problem, and that everyone going back to school (parents, students, teachers) deserve some grace as we get back into the swing of things. Based on what I saw today, I think we will see significant improvement by the end of the week.

how do you get your kid out of the car seat without getting out?

[Anonymous]

also appreciate the comment about pictures. it may be a normal day for some, but for others its the first time their kid has ever gone to primary school, a forever memory, and i don't care one bit if it delays my drop off or others, you can't get that moment back!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LAMB was not great this morning. Lots of congregating outside before the doors opened, and the doors opened late. Things were easier/more organized in this spring. I am hoping it gets better this week.

The biggest issue I saw at LAMB this morning was parents who ignored the explicit instruction that parents using the kiss and ride option should not get out of the car. I saw numerous parents this morning get out to take first day of school pictures. While frustrating for those of us behind them in line, I'm reminding myself that this is just the first day, excitement/nerves are running high, this particular issue won't be a long-term problem, and that everyone going back to school (parents, students, teachers) deserve some grace as we get back into the swing of things. Based on what I saw today, I think we will see significant improvement by the end of the week.

how do you get your kid out of the car seat without getting out?

...you've never seen a kiss-and-ride? There's a helper who helps kids out of the car if necessary. You drive up, that helper opens the kid's door, unbuckles them if needs be, helps them out, helps them get on their backpack if needs be, walks them inside if needs be.