Deputy Principal Student Wellbeing  

Dear Parents and Families

Welcome back for Term 1, 2022.

Road safety for students and vehicles at the College

Student Safety is our most important priority, at school and travelling to and from school.

The College Board has raised concerns that the pedestrian and vehicle movement on Caroline Street (main College entrance) is not safe and poses a grave risk of serious injury or death to our students, parent drivers, bus drivers and other vehicle driver.

The key concerns are:

• Unpredictable and unsafe student-pedestrian crossing over Caroline Street. Often from between parked buses and cars, in front of approaching traffic, this reduces driver visibility of pedestrians and increases their risk of being struck by a vehicle
• Unpredictable and unsafe parent car movement, including: 
  • parking in NO STANDING areas
  • double-parking
  • cars pulling out from the curb as pedestrians cross in front of them
  • cars pulling out from the curb directly in front of approaching traffic
  • cars pulling out from the curb straight into a U-Turn across Caroline St

College Leadership has developed a three-part strategy, approved by the Board, to address this:

• required pedestrian exit from Caroline Street
• recommended parent drop-off and pick-up locations
• banned crossing locations

The attached map shows where student-pedestrians are to walk when exiting/entering the College, and where they should cross the road. It also shows drop-off and pick-up locations. 

We do NOT support parents dropping-off or picking-up their students in Caroline St at peak movement times.  We ask all parents to use the recommended locations on the map.

We will educate students about safe pedestrian movement in the streets around the College.  Students will be told that we will not accept any crossing over Caroline Street, except at the Power St intersection.  There will be consequences at school for students who do not follow this direction.

The College Board and the College Leadership emphasise that our primary consideration is the safety of your children and yourselves.