Hoover Husky Holler - Corvallis School District 509J

Dear Hoover Community,
Principal’s Corner
As spring arrives it’s a good time to be reminded of
some safe and healthy behaviors that all of us should
pay attention to. In so doing, everyone will benefit.
May is Walk & Bike to School MONTH! Make it your
goal to get your kids to and from school by their own
(and your own) fuel, by walking, biking, or scootering
to school. This will greatly benefit everyone who
participates as well as the greater Hoover community
by reducing the traffic in the parking lot, resulting in a
safer place for pedestrians, cleaner air, and healthier
people.
Of course, a few of you may not be able to Walk, Bike
or Scooter to school every day, so here are a few
reminders of our parking lot etiquette that will help
everyone be Safe, Responsible and Respectful while
dropping off or picking up your children using an
automobile.
1. Be patient and courteous. If someone’s signaling
a desire to change lanes, please allow them to do
so.
2. Only unload and load your children if you are in
lane 1 (closest to the school), or lane 2. When
unloading in lane 2 you may walk your child to the
sidewalk and then return to your car. When
loading from lane 2 you must stay with your
vehicle and wait for a staff member to bring your
child to your car or give your child the okay to
load.
3. Lane 3 is a flow through lane. If you are unable to
merge into lane 2 or lane 1, parents should exit at
the east end and re-enter the parking lot with the
goal of being able to merge. Just sitting and
waiting in the 3 rd lane for an opening in lane 2
often creates a traffic back up that ends all the
way out in to Walnut Blvd. This makes the
pedestrian crosswalk a much more confusing and
dangerous place for our students and parents who
are walking to and from school.
4. To avoid the parking lot traffic crunch altogether,
parents might find it beneficial to park across
Walnut in the neighborhood or at the Northwest
Hills Church and walk to and from the school.
This can actually add a nice little walk for you and
your children before the busy school and work day
begins.
5. When waiting for your child to load at the end of
the day, please be sure to turn off your engine.
The fumes from idling vehicles are a major
contributor to unhealthy air around our school.
6. If you have a child in K through 2 nd , and another
child in 3 rd through 5 th , please unload both
children at the same time (typically at the primary
end of the parking lot), rather than unloading one
at the primary side and the other the intermediate
side of the school, which really extends your time
negotiating the traffic, increasing the congestion
and the pollution. Your older child can easily walk
from the primary side to his/her classroom,
probably quicker than you’d get them there by
transporting them the extra 200 feet in your car.
It may seem to ignore one of these “rules” it shouldn’t
be a big deal. After all, it just “little ol’ me”. Please
keep in mind that 20, or 50, or 100 people ignoring
just one of these rules can turn our parking lot in to a
congested and stressful situation for many, and a
potentially unsafe place for our children.
If everyone parent would keep our three rules in mind
– Be Safe, Be Respectful, & Be Responsible, when
coming and going from school, everyone will benefit.
If we add one more “rule” for the rest of the year – Be
Healthy - then everyone will benefit even more!
Thanks to each of you for all that you do to make
Hoover a great school, especially in how you treat one
another in our wild and crazy parking lot!
Let’s make May our Safest and Healthiest
month…maybe even extend that goal in to June!
Wouldn’t that be nice!
Respectfully,
Bryan Traylor, Principal
Check out Lucky’s
Market
(a.k.a. the Student Store)
Every Friday at
Lunch Break!
Stop by and see the fun pencils,
erasers, and other items for sale.
The Student Store is run by 5 th grade
students and used to fund their June
celebration!
Hoover Husky Holler – May Edition Page 2