What is the Walking Sidewalk Program:
Parent volunteers help children out of their car or across the road along Adair (the North side of the school). Ideally we like to have two people each morning. One person helps to encourage cars - by waving them along - to keep moving in the no stopping/dropping off zone (where the cones are along Adair), and to use their sign to stop traffic and allow children and families to cross the road to the school. The other parent helps children out of the cars as the parents pull up (after the cones) on the school side of the Adair. These two things really help to smooth the traffic flow along the street and ensure that our children get to school safely.
I don’t know if it was just the first-week-of-school syndrome but we didn’t have anyone out last week and the traffic was crazy. There were cars stopped everywhere!
Also, if you are just dropping your child off I encourage you to plan your route so that you pull up on the school side of Adair and one of the parents can help you by open the car and helping your child out. It’s much safer than having them cross the road, and we’re there to do it! If you would like to volunteer, please contact us:
Parent volunteers help children out of their car or across the road along Adair (the North side of the school). Ideally we like to have two people each morning. One person helps to encourage cars - by waving them along - to keep moving in the no stopping/dropping off zone (where the cones are along Adair), and to use their sign to stop traffic and allow children and families to cross the road to the school. The other parent helps children out of the cars as the parents pull up (after the cones) on the school side of the Adair. These two things really help to smooth the traffic flow along the street and ensure that our children get to school safely.
I don’t know if it was just the first-week-of-school syndrome but we didn’t have anyone out last week and the traffic was crazy. There were cars stopped everywhere!
Also, if you are just dropping your child off I encourage you to plan your route so that you pull up on the school side of Adair and one of the parents can help you by open the car and helping your child out. It’s much safer than having them cross the road, and we’re there to do it! If you would like to volunteer, please contact us:
Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Around the School
Don't backup around the school. Here's what you don't see behind you.
•Be courteous to other parents and the school's neighbours,
(you will be seeing them again and again).
•No driving or parking in either of the teacher's parking lots.
•Obey parking signs and Burnaby by-laws (no parking in front of fire hydrants).
•Please don't drive into and drop off your child in the staff parking lots.
(you will be seeing them again and again).
•No driving or parking in either of the teacher's parking lots.
•Obey parking signs and Burnaby by-laws (no parking in front of fire hydrants).
•Please don't drive into and drop off your child in the staff parking lots.
2200 Sperling Avenue
Telephone: 604-664-8836
Telephone: 604-664-8836
A "note" on safety:
Due to ongoing congestion and parking issues around the school, the Traffic Safety Team has started handing out notes (2013)reminding drivers not to park, drop/pick up children (unless directed by a volunteer) or stop in the no stopping zones along Adair street. In previous years a blind eye had been turned to parents waiting to pick up children in the no stopping zone after the cones on the south side of Adair. We're now asking parents to use the 5 minute parking area along the field (which used to be no stopping) instead. We need to keep the no stopping zones clear in order to keep traffic flowing and allow clear sight lines so drivers and children can see each other when children are crossing the street.
Due to ongoing congestion and parking issues around the school, the Traffic Safety Team has started handing out notes (2013)reminding drivers not to park, drop/pick up children (unless directed by a volunteer) or stop in the no stopping zones along Adair street. In previous years a blind eye had been turned to parents waiting to pick up children in the no stopping zone after the cones on the south side of Adair. We're now asking parents to use the 5 minute parking area along the field (which used to be no stopping) instead. We need to keep the no stopping zones clear in order to keep traffic flowing and allow clear sight lines so drivers and children can see each other when children are crossing the street.
Traffic Safety Brochure - Click here!
Where can you park?
There is limited parking around the school. About 500 students arrive at school at about the same time every day. You can park both north (Adair) and south (Hycrest) of the school There is also parking available on Sperling itself. Parking on the school side of each of these streets is not permitted or restricted. Please check the signs. There is a NO STOPPING area in front of both staff parking lots.
At 8:40 AM there is alot of parking available close to the school. By ten to 9, it's full. By coming ten minutes early you will save yourself all sorts of stress. If you're child's old enough, please consider dropping of your child off safely at the Walking Sidewalk.
There is limited parking around the school. About 500 students arrive at school at about the same time every day. You can park both north (Adair) and south (Hycrest) of the school There is also parking available on Sperling itself. Parking on the school side of each of these streets is not permitted or restricted. Please check the signs. There is a NO STOPPING area in front of both staff parking lots.
At 8:40 AM there is alot of parking available close to the school. By ten to 9, it's full. By coming ten minutes early you will save yourself all sorts of stress. If you're child's old enough, please consider dropping of your child off safely at the Walking Sidewalk.