Chairs’ Message

As the weather gets colder and the mornings darker, we recognize that the “walking to school honeymoon” is starting to fade (we get it!). We’ve noticed an increase in  the traffic around the school and the number of people using our St. Clements and Castlefield Drop Zones. We are very proud of our Drop Zone program and the traffic efficiency and student safety that it provides to our community in the mornings. We encourage all parents driving to school to use the Drop Zone, and we thank all of the volunteers who have helped with the Drop Zone program this year.

If you are driving to school please remember the following:

Avoid parking in the St. Clements Drop Zone. The St. Clements Drop Zone operates on the south side of St. Clements and extends from the bus zone all the way to the corner of Avenue Road and St. Clements. While the signs do allow 10-minute parking in this zone, we’ve respectfully asked parents to avoid parking there between 8:30 am and 9:30 am. After a successful trial of this new Drop Zone location, we will be asking City Council to approve a sign change prohibiting parking during this time.

Avoid parking in the Castlefield Drop Zone. The Castlefield Drop Zone operates on the north side of Castlefield and extends from the kindergarten zone to the corner of Castlefield and Avenue Road. Please do not park in this zone between 8:30 am and 9:30 am.

Avoid parking in the Kindergarten Zone on Castlefield. Our Kindergarten students are our smallest community members and we want to keep them safe.

Avoid parking in the Bus Zone on St. Clements.

Avoid U-Turns in the entire School Zone.

Parking is allowed after 8:30 am on both St. Clements and Castlefield outside of the Drop Zone areas.

Plan your route and develop a routine that works for you. Give yourself enough time in the morning such that you can get your kids to school on time without disrespecting the traffic rules and the volunteers that are working to keep all of our students safe and traffic moving efficiently.

We will be meeting with Councillor Carmichael Greb and Toronto Transportation Services on Monday, November 6th to discuss changes to traffic signage around the school. If you have concerns about the flow of traffic/parking within our school zone (no other concerns will be discussed at this meeting). Please do not hesitate to contact Lisa Parker.

The APA Team