Vance Elementary Study

 

General Observations-Loading Process

 

• The children were all sitting by age underneath the front overhang in the bay area.
• Many parents came early and parked in the parking lot and picked up their children before the dismissal time.
• If Vance didn’t use double lanes for their carpool queue then it would have backed up into Old Stage Road.
• There was a teacher with a microphone who would call 5 cars up at a time into the bay area to five different cones.  She would then recognize what parent was in the car and call out the corresponding child’s name over the microphone and tell them to go to cone 1, cone 2, etc… 
• The microphone wasn’t working when we there which contributed to a lot of shouting and some chaos in getting the children up to the cones.
• Vance started their pick up time two minutes later (3:47pm) than usual because of the microphone not working.
• Vance had safety patrol in orange vests who would escort the children to their cars and open and shut the doors for them.
• 4/5 cars loaded at a time.

 

General Observations-Queuing Process

 

• Almost spilled on to Old Stage Rd during peak. Spilling avoided by car riders who preferred entering the parking rather than join the queue.

 

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