ILPS Parking Lot Changes for Sept 2019
Dear Parents and Guardians,
At ILPS one of our main concerns is for the safety of our students. There has been a lot of discussion over the past year about the safety of the parking lot at ILPS, especially at the end of the day. Starting Sept 2019, our lot will be closed completely to all traffic, except for buses, staff and accessible parking spots to ensure that all students are kept safe. We encourage parents, guardians and students to use the sidewalks and the crossing guards rather than walk through the parking lot.
Changes to the Parking Lot at Island Lake
Starting in September 2019 the parking lot will be closed from 8:15 – 9:00 am and 2:30-3:30pm. During these times only staff, school buses and those requiring accessible parking will be allowed into the lot. You will see two new signs at the parking lot entrance explaining this. Visitors can use the 15 minute parking in front of the school. Parking is also available on a number of side streets. A map of on street parking areas is available on the school website in the Resources section: https://www.ugdsb.ca/islandlake/resources/
If parking on a street, please do not block or park in residents driveways. Residents require free access in and out of their homes at all times. Please remember to obey all posted street signs. Parking in the lay-by lane in front of the school is limited to a maximum of 15 minutes between 8:00am and 6:00pm Monday to Friday.
When parking or stopping on the street to drop off or pick up students, please obey all posted traffic signs and keep the safety of all children as a priority. It may mean having to walk a short distance further. To assist our families, we also have a Routes to School map in the Resources section of the school website showing suggested “Walk a Block” dropoff locations for older students and Crossing Guard locations.
We thank our families and our neighbours for helping us to work together as a community to keep our students safe.
See you in September.
Sincerely,
Sean Singh
Principal
Island Lake PS
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