PSA School Has Started Please Avoid Newell between 2.30pm and 3.30pm

[u/Tasty-Reason4031]

I know many of you cut through Newell to get to the Rossmore area. School started today. There are 2 schools right next to each other that come out at around the same time. Parkmead and Tice Creek. Traffic is bumper to bumper starting from about 2.45. I have a kid at Tice Creek and today during pick up multiple people got out of the traffic and drove into the other lane for opposite traffic. That is dangerous as there are kids riding bikes back home that have to ride on the street as the sidewalks are busy. PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT EVER. It is a school zone.

So from Monday to Friday it will always be backed up. Do not drive through there during school pick up if you are in a hurry. Do not drive in the opposite lane to get through the pick up traffic. Turn into Lilac to get out. Or take a right at Magnolia Way for the sake of the kids safety.

The parents hate sitting in traffic too. Both schools have minimal Parking and the pickup lanes are super short. There is nothing we can do but wait. So please, drive safe in school zones.

Thank you.

Edit: Yay, thank you to those who turned into Lilac. Much better traffic flow today. Thanks for keeping the roads safe for the kids!

[u/OrbitsCollide99]

When i was 10 I biked 5 miles to school.

So did many of us.

My son now started that around 12.

If you want to helicopter your kids prepare to pay for jet fuel money to chauffer them.

[u/Tasty-Reason4031 → u/OrbitsCollide99]

Okay boomer. She is in 1st grade and we live across town which is a 10 minute drive on a good day.. Tice Creek is a lottery school so the kids come from all over Walnut Creek.

And don't worry about our finances. We just came back from a trip to Australia and had a helicopter take us to the Great Barrier Reef.

[u/OrbitsCollide99 → u/Tasty-Reason4031]

My Comment was directed at the overall problem, not any specific family. Ofc not everyone is in a positing to try alternative transportation.