Just a few reminders about pickup and drop-off at school. It often gets trickier in the winter and sometimes we need a little reminder.
There are many ways to get to school: walk, bike, bus , and parent drop-off. At the beginning of the year and periodically throughout the year we especially need to talk about the blue zone and safety.
Just about anything anyone needs to know about getting to school can be found here on the Burr PTO website: http://burrpto.org/saferoutes/
Parking is a little confusing. See this map for where you can park. Please do not park in the Blue Zone. There is also NO PARKING on one side of Washburn Street (the side closest to the school) so please do not park (or stand) there. It makes the street very narrow when cars are parked on both sides.
The Blue Zone are the two zones (directly in front of the school and directly across from it) that are marked by signs and blue paint on the curb. These are the designated areas for parent drop off and pickup.
Some helpful tips:
- Students in grade K-2 should be picked up on the school side of the road. This will ensure that the teachers see you pull up and can get your child to you quickly and safely.
- Any motor vehicle may stop in a Blue Zone location only long enough to let a child enter or exit the vehicle.
- There is no parking in the Blue Zone before or after school.
You can't get out "just to run them inside."
You can't wait in the Blue Zone while a second parent runs them in.
- You cannot wait in the Blue Zone to watch them go up the path and into the school.
- In the morning, you cannot wait in the car until 8:20 and then let them out. You must let the kids out of the car if you arrive before the doors open. They will wait outside. They will not melt or freeze. Promise.
- Never let children out the driver's side doors. Always on the curb side!
The very bottom line Blue Zone basics: Pull up to the front of the line, kids get out of car, you all wave, and off you go.
The Blue Zone system doesn't work for everyone, so if you feel it won't work for you or your child, that's really OK. Just plan to walk, or leave enough time to park legally and walk your kids up to the school.
Related to the Blue Zone
- There is a "No Turning in Driveways" policy for cars. Since most of our students walk to school and cross two school driveways or the Gazebo driveway opposite the school, we can only be sure of their safety when cars do not pull into the driveways to reverse direction. It takes a little longer to continue around the block, but please do observe the rules to protect our children.
- Please DO NOT make u-turns anywhere.
- Please do not park in the teachers' parking lot. Parking is difficult at Burr. Trying to get to school to teach our kids and not being able to park would be a difficult start to anyone's morning.