Parking and Student Drop Off 🚗
Parents/Guardians
We need your help. Please Choose SAFETY over CONVENIENCE .
As you are getting into your new routine for picking up and dropping off your students at school please remain mindful of traffic signs, speed limits and the many students walking to school. Sharing our space with Fish Creek School means there are twice the parents and students trying to safely navigate parking lots and streets.
Parent Parking & Exit/Entry Procedures
As a school, we value our partnership with our parent community, as we endeavor to work collaboratively in order to create a safe and caring environment for our children. This includes creating a safe and caring journey to and from school as well as during our school day, for our students and families. The following information is in an effort to communicate expectations for our community regarding parking, pedestrian safety, entry and exit procedures, and security with our building.
Neighborhood Courtesy
A reminder to all parents to be courteous with regards to our community neighbors. Please be mindful of driveways, cul-de-sacs, sidewalks and congestion during our busy times. Bylaw officers regularly patrol the area and complaints will be directed to their office by community members.
Parking and Drop Off Zones
Our parking lot is for staff only and families with identified needs to access our parking lot. All visitors and parents are asked to park on the side streets, especially during our peak drop off times @ 8:45 - 9:05 AM and 3:40 - 4:05 PM. In order to ensure the safety of our children and to alleviate congestion and confrontation, it is essential that parents DO NOT drive into the parking lots to drop off or pick up their child. Please do not use the entrance driveways to turn your vehicle around. This causes unnecessary congestion and limited visibility that places our students at risk. A reminder that there are signs posted on either side of the entrances that indicate No Access to School Parking Lots.
The pull through lane is for our small yellow buses, and Southbound Sunmills Drive and Eastbound Suncastle Drive are bus zones for our big yellow buses so please arrange to meet your students on one of the other side streets around our school. For the safety of our students, parents are asked to use on of the other side streets around our school. We thank you for your cooperation and help to ensure the front of our school is safe for all.
There should be no parking within 5 meters of the crosswalks. Encourage your children to use the designated crosswalk areas to avoid jaywalking. Administration consults with our local city bylaw to help reinforce parking in our crosswalk areas and speed limits. Cars that are in violation of the posted signs may be ticketed.