Make the carpool line easier
Is the morning carpool line getting on your nerves? Here are some tips to ease dropoff and pickup
Leave for school earlier. Get kids ready the night before and wake
up early to beat the rush.
Don't hold up the line. Don't stop in the moving traffic line to
let kids in the car to talk with a teacher or run into the school
for a quick errand.
Follow traffic rules. Don't park in the cross- walk, for example.
If lanes are merging, take turns.
Don't bring pets or younger siblings unless you can make sure they
won't dash out of the car, leaving you to chase them.
Share the load. Trade off with another family to pick up each
other's kids. Be sure to discuss whether you can run errands with
all the kids on the way home and what music and snacks are allowed
in the car.
Behave as you would like yourself and your family to be treated.