Disney Wonder Sept 3-7, 2006 Part 2

[purplern]

Nope, us either!

Good morning Lisa.

 

[NJBILL]

Car line is the parent pick up line at school, where the cars line up and wait for dismissal. My DD's elementary school has a great system. We have hang tags with the kids' names/grades that hang from our rear view mirrors. They have four lanes of cars and many more waiting down the street in each direction. They call the names of the kids in the line, starting with the line closest to the school, get them in the cars safely, the cars leave and they start the next line. We have a huge parent pick up population but they usually can get everyone out within 15 or 20 minutes.


Did that make any sense?

Kind of. We have a mad scramble each day as parking and dropoff is very limited at our school. As a board member,we are always looking at ways to improve this...
so i am seeing a person at the street and a person with the kids talking to each other via walkie talkie maybe?? I am trying to see how you coordinate the cars with the kids

 

[Blackunicorn]

Thanks
When I moved to FL with Lauren and was talking to her grandparents (who have known me since I was 12) they told me how Lauren had always talked about how hard I worked to get somewhere on my own and how very proud they were of me, who I'd become and the things I'd accomplished....I broke down and started crying. I felt so pathetic , but no one had ever told me that before and it was my crowning moment.
One of those moments that will stay with me forever, I'm sure.

I'm sure my parents would be there if I needed them to be (or maybe I'm jaded and would just like to think so) but they're not making it easy on me and in some way, for that I should be grateful.. I'm sure once I have that degree and look back at all the crap I shoveled through to get it, I'll appreciate it soooo very much more

Patsy, I'm biting my tongue. I don't agree with your parents, but I haven't walked a mile in their shoes, so I'll be quiet.

Anyway, you are smart and hardworking, and that will get you far. You have a right to be proud of your accomplishments! Always remember that you have *earned* what you have, and you are a rare and admirable person.

Dawn

 

[taeja71]

What is a school valet car line???

I guess its like going through a drive thru for food except you are picking up your kid. There's a caravan of cars that pick up their kid at a certain location. Make sense? I was up way too late last night....again.

 

[LCTsMom]

Kind of. We have a mad scramble each day as parking and dropoff is very limited at our school. As a board member,we are always looking at ways to improve this...
so i am seeing a person at the street and a person with the kids talking to each other via walkie talkie maybe?? I am trying to see how you coordinate the cars with the kids

Yes! Lots of people involved here...I'd say maybe 6 staff members on radios out on the car line. Some direct traffic, one walks to the end of the line and they call off the names of the kids from the back to the front. The kids are in classrooms closest to the car line, grouped by grade level. Each classroom has a staff member also with a radio. The person on the line with the radio calls out the kids names (i.e. 1st grade-John Smith, 4th grade-Mary Smith) and the the faculty members inside with the kids send them out to be lined up by a closed gate. When all is clear, they release that group of kids who walk to their cars. There are staff members walkign around making sure that the kids get to their cars and get in safely. Once everyone is safely in their cars, they release that line, the cars drive out, and then they start again with the next line. We have a four lane pickup area. When all four lanes are emptied, they let the next batch of cars in, one lane at a time until the lanes are once again full. They start the whole thing again until all the kids are gone. They have it down to a science. When it rains, they escort the kids with umbrellas to the cars. It takes a little longer so they start earlier.

The biggest downside to this whole thing is that the parents start lining up over an hour before dismissal time. Everyone wants to be first. When my DD has dance class after school, I have to be there very early to get her and get going. Many times, I volunteer in the classroom, park my car at the front of car line, and come out right before dismissal so that I'm there waiting to go when she's released.

 

[purplern]

Kind of. We have a mad scramble each day as parking and dropoff is very limited at our school. As a board member,we are always looking at ways to improve this...
so i am seeing a person at the street and a person with the kids talking to each other via walkie talkie maybe?? I am trying to see how you coordinate the cars with the kids

Good morning Bill!

 

[LCTsMom]

Good morning Lisa.

Good morning! How's your weather today? We're hot and sunny right now but waiting for showers this afternoon. Typical Florida weather pattern.

 

[purplern]

Yes! Lots of people involved here...I'd say maybe 6 staff members on radios out on the car line. Some direct traffic, one walks to the end of the line and they call off the names of the kids from the back to the front. The kids are in classrooms closest to the car line, grouped by grade level. Each classroom has a staff member also with a radio. The person on the line with the radio calls out the kids names (i.e. 1st grade-John Smith, 4th grade-Mary Smith) and the the faculty members inside with the kids send them out to be lined up by a closed gate. When all is clear, they release that group of kids who walk to their cars. There are staff members walkign around making sure that the kids get to their cars and get in safely. Once everyone is safely in their cars, they release that line, the cars drive out, and then they start again with the next line. We have a four lane pickup area. When all four lanes are emptied, they let the next batch of cars in, one lane at a time until the lanes are once again full. They start the whole thing again until all the kids are gone. They have it down to a science. When it rains, they escort the kids with umbrellas to the cars. It takes a little longer so they start earlier.

The biggest downside to this whole thing is that the parents start lining up over an hour before dismissal time. Everyone wants to be first. When my DD has dance class after school, I have to be there very early to get her and get going. Many times, I volunteer in the classroom, park my car at the front of car line, and come out right before dismissal so that I'm there waiting to go when she's released.

Same thing here. We only have one line to deal with! The teachers call out the numbers and then escort the kids to the car! We have 2 of each grade so one teacher helps the car riders the other does the walkers.

 

[NJBILL]

I guess its like going through a drive thru for food except you are picking up your kid. There's a caravan of cars that pick up their kid at a certain location. Make sense? I was up way too late last night....again.

I am trying to picture if this would work at our school. I like the concept.

 

[purplern]

Good morning! How's your weather today? We're hot and sunny right now but waiting for showers this afternoon. Typical Florida weather pattern.

Great! Less humid and

 

[LCTsMom]

I understand the concept,but not how you actually do this efficiently?

It's amazing...our system works unbelievably well, especially for the volume of kids that are picked up.

On the other side of our school, the buses are picking up kids in their own ballet routine.

 

[purplern]

I understand the concept,but not how you actually do this efficiently?

Surprisingly ours is! and the car riders are gone in 20 mins. and we only have one line but the do 3 cars at a time.

 

[LCTsMom]

Great! Less humid and

LUCKY YOU!

 

[purplern]

LUCKY YOU!

Yea it is sooo nice without the humidity!

Looked like a FULL MOON last night! NOT GOOD! All the will be out!
And they will all be at the hospital!

 

[LCTsMom]

Yea it is sooo nice without the humidity!

Looked like a FULL MOON last night! NOT GOOD! All the will be out!

I noticed the moon last night, too. It was gorgeous!!! We were out buying school supplies for the boys. I'm broke now!

 

[Blackunicorn]

This took me about 7 tries at the 60 second level so now I quit. I did it once, and that is enough.
Been off the DIS for a while as I have three new clients to learn about and make homecare visits to. Two kiddos will be seen twice a week so my free time is at a premium plus I just learned that my siblings want Mother to be in an Alzheimer's facility near me, not near them. That is a big surprise as my sister is the most stable one of us, having lived in the same community for 29 years. And Mother lived in her city over 50. So I thought she would be in an Alzheimer's unit near them and I would be visiting a couple times a year. But there are apparently no good options--not sure what research they did, just assuming they did some--near my sister and my brother has found a lady-friend on eharmony.com who he would like to know better and I cannot begrudge him that. He has never been married and did so want a family and wife, but no one met his standards. Looks like this lady does. He is 55 and she is 48 so kids of their own are probably not an option, but they can borrow some nieces or nephews or teach Sunday School or something. However, she lives in Ohio and he is in upstate NY. He would like to relocate to Ohio in SEPTEMBER, get an apartment and be there to court her. I cannot fault that, but this means I am doing Alzheimer's facility research for an imminent move and I have a cruise to go on, new clients to see and thus, little time for fun for me -- like DIS. SO, IF ANYTHING IMPORTANT COMES UP, COULD SOMEONE EMAIL ME?
I keep telling myself, GOD IS IN CONTROL and HE has a plan for all this, I just don't know it all yet.

Jan

Jan I'm frequently amazed at how the oddest situations tend to work out for the best.

Dawn

 

[mom_of_2_princesses]

Good morning everyone,

Today is my little DD's birthday. She is 4. I will be a little busy today. Bill, our school does 1 line but we use the 6th graders to escort the kids into the school. At pickup the parents are on their own but they need to change that. We now have two areas to drop off and pick up so it is getting better. I don't have to deal with it anymore because we live close enough for DD to walk home but will be doing it again next year.

 

[purplern]

I looked at the Almanac. It looks like the full moon for Sept is the 7th and its usually full 2-3 days before and after which means it will be while we are on the cruise! Nice photo ops!

I hear ya school supplies are not cheap!

 

[LCTsMom]

Good morning everyone,

Today is my little DD's birthday. She is 4. I will be a little busy today. Bill, our school does 1 line but we use the 6th graders to escort the kids into the school. At pickup the parents are on their own but they need to change that. We now have two areas to drop off and pick up so it is getting better. I don't have to deal with it anymore because we live close enough for DD to walk home but will be doing it again next year.

 

[purplern]

Blue Moon Lyrics

Blue Moon
You saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
Blue Moon
You know just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer
for Someone I really could care for

And then
there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will hold
I heard somebody whisper please adore me
And when I looked to the Moon it turned to gold

Blue Moon
Now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my
heart Without a love of my own

And then there
suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will ever
hold I heard somebody whisper please adore me
And when I looked the Moon had turned to gold

Blue moon
Now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my
heart Without a love of my own

Blue moon
Now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my
heart Without a love of my own