Dear OTA Parents:

Drop-off and Pick-up are going very well and we’d like to thank everyone for helping us make things go smoothly. The 7th and 8th graders have started to take an active role in the operations and you’ll see them (starting tomorrow) in their orange vests: opening car doors, keeping smaller children behind the cones, and reminding adults to use the people-gates (not the driveway!).

As well as things have been going, we have had some complaints from the police and the neighborhood association and we’d like to pass on a few SAFETY and TICKET-AVOIDANCE reminders:

• Please Drop-off or Pickup your children by Car except in emergencies or when you have an appointment (the more foot traffic and parking/pulling out of cars we have the greater the congestion and greater the chance of accidents).
• Use the People Gates–not the driveways– when you do have to enter or exit the playground area during drop-off.
• Please please Please do not block the driveways of the San Diego Avenue condos while waiting to turn into the playground. The police have had numerous complaints from residents about not being able to enter or exit their garages.

San Diego Avenue condominiums: please do not block these driveways. Thank you!

Also please note: we are no longer asking parents to stagger their pickup times depending on their child’s grade. All children will be on the playground and ready for pickup when the gates open, promptly at 3 PM.  Pickup is going so quickly that we are usually finished by 3:15. We will leave the gates open until 3:20. If you are late please park and come in, we’ll bring your children to the downstairs gym (garage) or the office.