Editor:
The new Skwo:wech Elementary School that replaced the old McBride school has been open already less than a year, and the problems trying to get students to and from the school safely are adding up day by day.
Between the lack of parking/drop-off zones because the school grounds are unfinished, as well as the continuing construction around the school on the streets, parents are finding less and less parking available. Many parents recently have been faced with parking tickets because one block beside the school (that is used by many of kindergarten and grade 1 parents) recently petitioned to change the two-hour parking to permit-only parking.
The front of the school is not accessible by any vehicle at this moment, and this is where the younger grades all meet. The upper portion of the school has a drop-off zone that is not ideal or easily accessible at this time. Between people illegally parking, others trying to fight for parking, and the mass of young students walking on their own, this is creating more hazards than needs to be.
There are constant complaints about construction not being properly managed around an elementary school; workers completely ignoring students or deciding to make more issues right at the time for drop-off and pickup.
So many parents are now at a complete loss of what to do. Either we have to arrive ridiculously early or students are coming in late.
Sarah Elder
