Parents urged to use Logan Street for student pickup, dropoff
August 15, 2018 at 4:36 p.m.
Parents urged to use Logan Street for student pickup, dropoff
By David [email protected]
At one point at the high school, traffic was reportedly backed up on Ind. 15 to Red Horse Outdoor Living Center in the 900 block of Fisher Avenue.
The congestion is due to the construction of the Student Activity Center at the high school, though WCS recently released procedures for student parking, parent pickup and drop-off to help alleviate the traffic flow. Those procedures can be found at wchs.warsaw.k12.in.us.
Jim LeMasters, WCS director of maintenance, buildings and grounds, told the Warsaw School Board at its public work session Tuesday, “Unfortunately, most people want to come off 15 and not Logan (Street). Logan was like empty. The pickup wasn’t even back to the drive out here, and they were clear backed up on 15. So Logan went really quickly.”
He said the first day is always the worst and it will settle out.
WCS Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert encouraged parents to use Logan Street for student pickup and drop-off.
LeMasters also gave the school board an update on the construction project.
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Saturday will be the “big” day as Weigand Construction will do the cement stabilization. Then next week a little more work will be done. On Aug. 27, weather permitting, panels will begin to be set.
“Once you see the panels going up, then you’ll get the feel of the building,” he said.
This week, the new sewer lines are being installed while the old ones are being removed.
On another topic, Chief Academic Officer David Robertson gave a school safety update. He shared a draft of a policy on wand metal detectors, which were funded and provided by the state.
“Basically, the policy we’re proposing will allow administrative usage of the metal detector wands,” Robertson said.
There are two cases in which an administrator can use the metal detectors: random and reasonable suspicion.
Reasonable suspicion means an administrator or school resource officer suspects a weapons or contraband violation, and any individual within the school could be subject to a search with a metal detector.
“We’ll have administrator guidelines that pretty specifically lay out how that search is to go about,” Robertson said.
Random usage “might be a situation on a bus where maybe all the students on one bus are searched with a metal detector, or one set of classrooms, just to continue to make sure we’re providing for a safe and secure learning environment,” he said.
He said the board will review the policies again at its regular meeting Monday night.
At one point at the high school, traffic was reportedly backed up on Ind. 15 to Red Horse Outdoor Living Center in the 900 block of Fisher Avenue.
The congestion is due to the construction of the Student Activity Center at the high school, though WCS recently released procedures for student parking, parent pickup and drop-off to help alleviate the traffic flow. Those procedures can be found at wchs.warsaw.k12.in.us.
Jim LeMasters, WCS director of maintenance, buildings and grounds, told the Warsaw School Board at its public work session Tuesday, “Unfortunately, most people want to come off 15 and not Logan (Street). Logan was like empty. The pickup wasn’t even back to the drive out here, and they were clear backed up on 15. So Logan went really quickly.”
He said the first day is always the worst and it will settle out.
WCS Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert encouraged parents to use Logan Street for student pickup and drop-off.
LeMasters also gave the school board an update on the construction project.
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Saturday will be the “big” day as Weigand Construction will do the cement stabilization. Then next week a little more work will be done. On Aug. 27, weather permitting, panels will begin to be set.
“Once you see the panels going up, then you’ll get the feel of the building,” he said.
This week, the new sewer lines are being installed while the old ones are being removed.
On another topic, Chief Academic Officer David Robertson gave a school safety update. He shared a draft of a policy on wand metal detectors, which were funded and provided by the state.
“Basically, the policy we’re proposing will allow administrative usage of the metal detector wands,” Robertson said.
There are two cases in which an administrator can use the metal detectors: random and reasonable suspicion.
Reasonable suspicion means an administrator or school resource officer suspects a weapons or contraband violation, and any individual within the school could be subject to a search with a metal detector.
“We’ll have administrator guidelines that pretty specifically lay out how that search is to go about,” Robertson said.
Random usage “might be a situation on a bus where maybe all the students on one bus are searched with a metal detector, or one set of classrooms, just to continue to make sure we’re providing for a safe and secure learning environment,” he said.
He said the board will review the policies again at its regular meeting Monday night.
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