Welcome back to a new term! As usual, it will be a busy one with lots of great things happening. Hopefully, you would have noticed that all the car parks have been repainted with clear lines and directions. The car park on Cassowary Drive continues to be a point of concern as a number of parents/grandparents are still not following the directions. There are very clear signs on the ground indicating which direction you must travel in order to make everything flow properly. There are also four signs clearly indicating that you MUST NOT TURN RIGHT onto Cassowary Drive at peak times. When people don’t follow these signs, it increases the risk of an accident happening. It also slows down the flow in the car park which causes traffic to back up. When this happens, the local residents can get very upset and blast their horns at the ‘Mary MacKillop traffic jam’. Barb and Jane even get abusive phone calls from local residents and I have received a number of nasty emails over the years. I’m sorry to sound negative, but this is the single biggest issue we have on a continual basis. Please use the car park properly for the safety of our students and the convenience of the whole community. Also, please note that we have very clear zebra crossings marked in the car parks. These MUST be used when walking through. I have seen a number of near misses when parents are taking their children on a ‘shortcut’ to their parked car. An injury to a child would be devastating!
