Councilmembers discuss high school car-line safety; consider temporary closures and school coordination
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Councilmembers and the public-safety committee debated restricting traffic from Parish during school drop-off/pick-up to improve pedestrian safety and reduce backups on Galbraith; staff were directed to coordinate with the school district and police for a traffic plan.
Residents and council members discussed repeated traffic backups and pedestrian-safety concerns at the North College Hill High School car line during morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up at the Aug. 11 public-safety meeting.
One council member suggested temporarily stopping cars from using Parish during car-line hours and using barricades or a police presence to force all car-line traffic onto Galbraith. Another member urged a collaborative approach: "I think that that's a good idea. I think that, we might want to ask the school district... so that the student flow and... we can work together," the councilmember said, recommending a diagram and liaison coordination with Miss Alexander.
Members noted practical constraints: police manpower limits, the need to notify nearby residents, and the operational detail of placing and removing barricades. The school schedule was clarified: doors open at 8:00 a.m., students often arrive as early as 7:30–7:45 a.m., and bells ring at 8:05 a.m., which concentrates parent traffic into a short time window.
The committee directed staff to follow up with the school district, the police chief and the designated liaison (Miss Alexander) to draft a diagram and an operational proposal that could include temporary barricades, signage or human traffic control during peak car-line periods. No formal restriction or ordinance was adopted at the meeting.