Some school questions/would this bother you?

[Edensmum]

For DD's school most kids are driven by parents, so the pick up drop off line are long. In the morning you drop them and they walk on their own to their building. The buildins are temporary still so there are several. DD's class in in the only building holding more than one room.
DH usually drops off and watches, didn't see her go so he parked and went to her class. She wasn't there yet. Turns out she waited for a friend and walked in together. I don't have an issue with that, but I also know the school does not call if they are out. Would it bother you to just assume she made it where she belongs all day, everyday? She is in first grade.

At pick up, you are not supposed to get out of your car. I pick up two kids, dd and a neighbor, and neither can do their own seat belt. I have two Pro-boosters for them. You are supposed to pull over about a 100 yards ahead to do the buckling, but this means driving that distances while merging with other cars and the busses. Would you feel comfortable doing this? I asked the head of school and she said to just pull over behind the busses/closer, but that area is often blocked. So she said, just get out in line. I did, then several parents drove around me. Which I feel is really unsafe as there are two lines of cars and school staff walks little ones to them, but if people are driving around my van that is a huge blind spot that a kid could walk out from behind. I don't like any of the options here.

Would you address all of this with the school? What would concern you most? What would be your proposed solutions?

[jren]

We drop DD off at the front door of the school (main bldg.), there are teacher assistants out there helping kids out of cars and into the bldg. Then they find their way to class. If their class is in an outbuilding, they would still go through the main building, then out another door. Not sure if they are escorted there, I'm thinking not. Though maybe they are since they aren't allowed to go back into the building for bathroom breaks without a partner. I don't have a problem with our set-up, b/c they're entering the main building supervised. Not sure how I'd feel with your set-up. It seems less safe to me, but I guess would depend on how many staff are outside watching to make sure the kids aren't getting back in cars, wandering off, etc.

As for the pick up issue, I don't have a problem pulling up slowly (less than 5mph) without the buckles done, then pulling over to buckle up. That's pretty standard here. The school staff cannot buckle a child up for liability issues (per DH's preschool). We never leave the parking lot, though, and never go above 5mph, no one is zooming by that could hit us, etc. My DD was in K before she could buckle herself, and we had to practice a lot first. Maybe you could work with her? Then you'd just have to worry about the neighbor, and could maybe lean back to buckle her w/out getting out of your car?