An Important Safety Message – Traffic in Forbes Street

An Important Safety Message – Traffic in Forbes Street

An Important Safety Message

As part of the local community, SCEGGS is committed to working co-operatively with our neighbours so that everyone is safe, and that traffic flows as efficiently as possible to ensure there is minimal inconvenience for our neighbours.

Unfortunately, we have received reports from our neighbours about difficulties in Forbes Street, especially around pick-up time, both at 3.10pm and after the various co-curricular activities after school. While we understand there will always be a degree of congestion during these peak pick-up times, there are ways and means to keep traffic flowing which benefits all parents and carers in the pick-up line and maintains the roads are safe and usable for everyone.

With that in mind, we ask you to:
  1. Encourage your daughter to use public transport wherever possible. Buses and trains provide a reliable service to SCEGGS and may be a good option for your daughter.
  2. Also consider car-pooling if possible, which would reduce the number of cars in the pick-up line.
  3. Ensure your daughter knows to be ready for you at the pick-up point and that they enter the car as quickly (and safely) as possible.
  4. Please obey instructions from our Traffic Controller who is there to keep traffic moving.
  5. Refrain from conducting U-turns in the Horizon Building or parking across the driveway.
  6. If possible, consider delaying pick-up for 10 or 20 minutes. Every day, we see the traffic congestion cleared by 3.30pm. Your daughter is very welcome to go to the Library straight after school to do her homework or research and she is also welcome to remain “behind the green gate” with friends to await pick-up after 3.30pm. We know this is not always possible due to after-school commitments, but it is a great way to reduce the number of cars at the peak times of 3.10-3.25pm.
  7. If you are picking up students after co-curricular activities, please don’t double park whilst you wait for them to be dismissed. Please go around the block so that neighbours can also drive safely and in a timely fashion.

Thank you for considering the above options and for working with the School to make sure afternoon pick-ups are as stress free as possible.

 

Jenny Allum
Head of School