I wholeheartedly agree...I also have a kindergartener going to Brown.  This
is her first experience with school (first experience for ALL
kindergarteners!) and they have never had to "watch for traffic" to such an
extreme before.  Yes, they know to look both ways, but in all of the
excitement of starting school for the first time, are they really going to
remember?  At the very least, we should have posted security in the mornings
and afternoons when the kids are coming and going and traffic is crazy.

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Sherri L. Hobart, CPS
Administrative Assistant
Southeast Center for Education in the Arts
615 McCallie Avenue - Dept 6706
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Email: [log in to unmask]
Phone: (423) 755-5204
Fax:   (423) 755-4632

> -----Original Message-----
> From: UTC Staff E-Mail List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> Nancy Fell
> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 9:43 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [UTCSTAFF] pedestrian safety
>
>
> There has been a fair amount of discussion related to safety for the UTC
> students as they return to class, especially around the
> construction areas.
>
> I'd like to bring attention to an even more critical area - safety for the
> children attending Brown Academy.  As a parent of a child
> attending daycare
> at this school, I have had the opportunity to observe student activity in
> the area.  It has been my experience that UTC students are
> driving MUCH too
> fast and erratic (that is probably a kind description).  Yesterday
> afternoon I observed two cars carrying UTC students fly around a bulldozer
> without a second thought for the many elementary school children
> present.  The UTC place dorms are immediately adjacent to Brown Academy,
> with the garage entrance immediately across the street from the area where
> children access buses.  I have yet to see a UTC campus police, or other,
> presence that might work toward more safe driving.  I suggest that the UTC
> police should have a very visible presence in the area, and that UTC
> administration/resident staff must address these concerns with the UTC
> student drivers in the area.
>
>
>
> Nancy Fell, PT, PhD, NCS
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Physical Therapy
> University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
> 615 McCallie Avenue
> Chattanooga, TN 37403
>
> (423)425-2240 Phone
> (423)425-2215 Fax
> [log in to unmask]  Email