School Safety Plan Part 6: Controlling Arrivals and Departures

This is an installment of an 8 part series on School Safety Plans.  The next portion will be posted next Monday. 

The most dangerous situation is to have students, cars, and buses all mixing in the same physical space. If possible, buses, vehicles, and pedestrians should be segregated. The next best thing is to control the school grounds so only two of the three modes can mix at a time. Developing a controlled procedure for student pick-ups and drop-offs is a key element of the overall traffic safety plan. Every effort should be made to avoid having kids entering a public street to enter or exit a school bus or a parent’s car. These maneuvers should happen in the low speed parking lot if at all possible. If the buses or vehicles need to park on a public street, they should park so they are loaded from the school grounds. The students should not walk across the street to get to the school bus door or passenger car door.

Comments

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Thanks for sharing such a useful information to the students. This will really helps to avoid accidents while they are crossing the streets.

Rose.