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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have never seen another school with such poorly designed drop-off traffic. At Rachel Carson, there is only one lane to enter the school, whether you are dropping off a student or parking. Everyone must then drive through the circle past the parking lot to exit. During the morning rush, it is always heavily congested.

The tardy policy has also become much stricter. The main entrance closes at 7:25 a.m., and now the school has implemented a rule that even if a student enters the building before 7:25, they will still be sent to the office for a tardy pass if they cannot reach their classroom by that time. I don’t understand the reasoning behind this—surely it takes time for students to walk from the entrance to their classrooms.

Even more concerning is that students who enter the classroom carrying their backpacks are being sent to the office for a tardy pass, yet there is no written policy stating this requirement.

What I don’t understand is why, in elementary school, most teachers and staff are very supportive and approachable, but the experience seems to become increasingly rigid in middle school and high school.[/quote]

I remember at the open house and back to school night, the principal and teachers stressed how much of a nightmare the kiss and ride is and said to take the bus if possible and if not, to arrive as early as possible. Then at the beginning of the school year, they sent out a ton of reminders about the same thing. It's second semester. If your child is still regularly late to school, then that means YOU need to make some changes to your schedule. Leave 10 minutes early starting tomorrow. [/quote]

hat’s not the point. From a policy standpoint, if you expect kids to be seated in the classroom promptly at 7:25 a.m., then the main entrance should be closed at 7:15 a.m. so everyone clearly understands what to do.[/quote]

Why is this so hard? If you chose to drive your kid to school so they can sleep in later, you still need to be on time. Some kids might be able to get to their locker and class by 7:25am if they arrive at 7:20am. But if the rule in the handbook and verbally told to parents at the open house was the had to be in their seats at 7:25am it sounds like everyone should know what to do?  [/quote]

Part of the problem could be solved fairly easily. Parent's have been explicitly told not to let their kids off outside on McLearen.

Have the officer who is stationed at carson go out to the traffic light and direct traffic.  The whole traffic situation occurs because people can't leave carson, so new cars can't move so that kids can be dropped off at the kiss and ride. Getting there earlier doesn't solve that problem.

Of course we could drop the silly metal detectors that kids are told to hold their notebooks and laptops above their heads so they don't set it off.  Honestly what could probably end those things is every kid setting it off on purpose for a week or two and getting a secondary screening.

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