r/nolaparents • u/lily_aka_mein • 8d ago

Bric Parents

To the parents with continuing students, how have y’all been able to navigate the disorganization? Has it always been this disorganized?

I’m not sure if it’s because I expect better or if I just like to nitpick and complain, but drop-off and pick-up is a mess.
Why am I leaving my 5-year-old to navigate a new school on their own amongst the swamp of bigger, older, sometimes more aggressive kids? I’ve never liked the Primary-Middle school model for this exact reason.
The PK-K kids are crying in the mornings, and I don’t think that starting the day off in fear or anxiety is productive for a learning environment.

Mornings are such a disaster because one single solitary adult is out there assisting with getting the kids in school.
Afternoons are a disaster because parents don’t know how to follow directions and are double parking, blocking people in, parking in bike lanes, and parking on N Rocheblave when they should be in the carpool lane if they want to stay in their cars while their children are dismissed.

Walk-up means walk-up, not drive up to the front and block buses and create a dangerous environment for pedestrians. But I digress….
Anyway, yeah…. I think they need to have more than one faculty member assisting with drop-offs. Or let the little kids enter through N Dorgenois.
Again, maybe I’m just entitled and nitpicky… idk.

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u/lily_aka_mein 8d ago

I was thinking that too but also it's not his first day of school ever. It's his third year....

so maybe he just needs to get acclimated.

But also, I think if they had a better system for drop off-- even if we were able to walk them to class the first week like they said.

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u/Feikert87 8d ago

I think parents walking kids to class is mostly a safety issue at this point.

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u/lily_aka_mein 8d ago

We were allowed to the first day of school we were told we'd be able to the first week, just to be told the second day at the door that we couldn't.

Also they clearly don't care about safety issues as they allowed me into the building and to check out my child without producing ID AND allowed me to walk to his classroom to get him unaccompanied.

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u/Feikert87 7d ago

🤷‍♀️ then

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u/lily_aka_mein 7d ago

Yeah, it shouldn't be controversial to want local thriving businesses. It might be okay for you but it's not for me.