Parent Guild Meeting
Minutes for
February 13, 2008
- The 8:30 am Parent Guild Meeting was cancelled due to a snowstorm causing a delayed opening of school.
- The focus of the 7:00 pm Parent Guild Meeting was to address the current parking problems experienced by those parents dropping off and picking up their children at SMA. Following is a brief summary of the discussion. More information will follow as this problem is addressed.
- Rich Benevento, a Traffic Engineer involved in many Parking Studies, was present at the meeting to discuss the problem. He was involved in the original parking plan constructed for the school in 2004. Only the “am” portion of the 2004 recommendation was implemented. Due to the current afternoon pick-up problems, there was discussion surrounding the implementation of the 2004 “pm” recommendations.
- The primary concern of any parking plan should always revolve around the issue of SAFETY! Just a few parents not following the rules can disrupt the success of the plan. Diagrams showing the traffic flow required at peak drop-off and pick-up times can be found in the front office of the school.
- The morning drop-off is going fairly well. The school will be attempting to re-educate parents about the proper procedures. This may be especially important for new families who may not be aware of some of the drop-off traffic requirements.
- The problems surrounding the afternoon pick-up procedures will be addressed. There will be changes coming to improve the process. The first step is to get a “count” of the numbers of cars involved in pick-up on any given day. Look for upcoming communication regarding a change in the afternoon pick-up, possibly beginning after April school vacation. All changes need to be viewed as intended to increase the SAFETY of our children at dismissal.
- The next Parent Guild meeting will be March 12th.