Parents press RSU 22 on McGraw and Weatherby drop‑off, board refers issue to building committee
RSU 22 Board of Directors · August 21, 2025
Summary
Parents expressed safety and parking concerns at McGraw and Weatherby schools during public comment; the board said facilities and school resource staff will place 'no parking' signs and agreed to refer further planning to the building committee and school administration.
Parents at the RSU 22 meeting on July 16 urged the board to address congestion and safety at McGraw and George B. Wetherby schools during pickup and drop‑off.
Kirsten, speaking as a McGraw and Wetherby parent, said new painted lines at Weatherby are positive but expressed concern that limited parking at McGraw will reduce road capacity and could create dangerous single‑lane traffic during pickup. "It reduces that road down to one lane if people are parking along the...coming in for pickup," she said, asking whether the new markings will be enforced or are only guidelines.
District staff said the facilities director and the school resource officer have been meeting to determine placement of at least six "no parking" signs and will try to position them to improve the flow. Parents and board members discussed possible supervised drop‑off models — the approach used at other schools where staff marshal traffic — and possible loop‑routing near faculty parking. Board members advised that operational solutions should be addressed by school administration and the building committee, and asked that the matter be scheduled for a committee agenda rather than resolved at the full board meeting.
The board did not adopt a new policy or make an immediate operational change at the meeting; administrators agreed to follow up with building‑committee review and school‑level planning.
