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A Parking Lot Nightmare at McDonald Elementary School

With the new school year hear and the continuation of the building of the new elementary school I really have to speak out about the horrible traffic that this school is facing.

With the first week of school behind us, and I am sure numerous
parents who are disgusted with the parking lot at the , I just have to say, what was the planning committee thinking?

Parents need to show up almost an hour early just to get in line with their cars to pick up their children, it's an accident waiting to happen, and who is to blame?

Yea, the idiots who planned this nightmare. While most parents will just complain to one another, I say, people, take this to the school administration building, tell them so the next time they plan something they can at least hire someone else who might have a clue as to how to plan this!

Now I have worked in construction for several years, previously, and I would say that the way they should have done this was to either leave a place for the teachers to park on the opposite side of the building or pave in the ditch for additional parking and oh here is a suggestion, don't combine the damn schools until the project is finished!

My thoughts go out to all of you who sit among the many in the long line, but remember your tax dollars are here at work and until everyone speaks up to the people who plan this nothing can be changed!

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Pete Krenshaw September 10, 2012 at 03:13 pm
They probably should have hired a local firm to do the site design like they did for the high school projects. Instead the architect self performed this work from Pittsburgh.
Pamela September 11, 2012 at 12:51 pm
The "planning committee"....CSD has never heard of one of those, the school board members make these wacky decisions and jump right off the cliff without thinking or looking. Talking doesn't work, because they don't listen or care what the community has to say. The high school parking lots are a joke. If your kid is late, you have to drive threw all the student and teacher parking, with people walking everywhere, just to get to the back of the school to drop your kid off! Pick up is a nightmare with cars pulling out of line and students walking in front of your from that side of the parking lot. Should we even mention trying to get in the school from Street Road or out of the parking lot on to Centennial...Seems there should have been traffic impact sudy done, but oh yeah that would have cost money and the board didn't have it to spend...But there is a courtyard at the back of the school...BTW nice front to the school...is it done yet...
Lavender Green September 11, 2012 at 01:52 pm
I agree there should have been a traffic impact study done, just like when they built the CVS on street road, and I agree that the school planners are the ones who get these half backed ideas to go ahead and build a high school that is so over priced, come on did they really need it, no, ok the school was old, update it but to go as far as these school districts go with ammenities, that mind you the children arent really getting, its more for the staff. Now take the McDonald Davis Elementary school for example, would you not think that this would be gridlock? These mindless people who collect a big salary dont have to sit there, common sense would have been build the school first then move and close the other ones! So to fix the issue I think they should let the children who are being picked up out at 3 this way the entire lot is available for pickup and they walkers will be gone by the time the buses arrive. Its a no brainer....
HONEST MOM September 11, 2012 at 02:23 pm
That sounds horrible! You can try to get the school board to do something to fix the problems they started with this nightmare! Rally the parents and flood their emails demanding they do something. Rally the parents and bombard the school board meeting and demand.
For years this school board has run rampant with our money and our kids and I just don't see how they don't figure out they have no idea what they're doing! Great idea to get rid of our small neighborhood schools and form mega schools that can't handle the amount of people needing access to them! Kids went from being individuals to be a number in a classroom. For the life of me I can't figure out why they are on the school board in the first place! It sure isn't for the welfare of the kids and the community....all I can figure is that it boost their ego. Centennial is out of control and I don't see a light at the end of this tunnel!
Lavender Green September 11, 2012 at 02:37 pm
I agree, so I decided to take the first step and wrote a letter to all the members on the school board, I am toying with the idea of posting it on here too, what do you guys think? Anyone wanting to have the addresses i will gladly give them to thiem. I believe maybe its time to get the media involved in it!
Pamela September 11, 2012 at 04:33 pm
Sorry guys our opinions do not count. The royal board have spoken and there is absolutely nothing we can do about it. Just look at what happened when we tried to stop the time change at the schools, or this new Block Schedule that the admin came up with for the elementary kids. I couldn't follow A/B schedule when my daughter was in the highschool, let alone explain to my little one that music/gym are once every 6 days, but never on the same day...We can complain, but they don't care..
Pamela September 11, 2012 at 04:41 pm
Loved the excuse that the kids needed ac in elementary school..well my daughter has been informed this year to bring a jacket to class because her teacher likes to keep it as cold as possible in the classroom...
Lavender Green September 11, 2012 at 05:08 pm
Pamela I agree! Most of the changes have not been for the interest of the children, they are for the teachers. Although I agree that the children should have air, seeing there are so many with allergies and so on, I do not find these stupid rules (the teacher likes it cold) oh and here is another one, my grandson told me, now mind you he is in second grade, that the teacher does not like the sound of the pencil sharpener so you cant use it and one little girl didnt have a sharpened pencil and the teacher didnt give her one, oh and they cant use a small person sharpener because the janitor hates them... Excuse me i think these adults in school who are minding and teaching our children should be evaluated! But anyway as far as the parking lot, I have spend most of my morning back and forth with the school board, I have a resolution to the issue and I will keep going till they fix it, each and every person has answered me, i told them all i will check back tomorrow for results, if they dont do something i am not against having the news crew out there.... Anyone wanting to help start emailing the school board
Pamela September 12, 2012 at 12:31 pm
Loved the SB members and Admin comments last night on the parking lot situation. As we all see, they show up 1 day and it is fine. The parents who have to deal with this everyday are just making things up to "bash" the SB....
Lavender Green September 12, 2012 at 01:29 pm
I was unaware there was a meeting last night i would have cleared my schedule to attend
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