Safety and civility expected in parking lots

Did you know that one of the most likely places for a collision is in a parking lot? Now consider the consequences if that accident involves a pedestrian!

Please keep your mind on the road and yield at crosswalks when dropping off and picking up students. Throughout the year, division heads and others will monitor the parking lot to help remind parents (and it is parents who are the problem, not students) that the rules apply to everyone.

For the safety of children and adults, and to model courtesy for our students, please follow these simple rules:

• Drive slowly. The campus speed limit is 10 mph.

• Use only the Toad Hall “drive by” for student drop-off and pick-up.

• Do not drop off and pick up children in the parking lots, unless your car is parked in a designated spot. “Parked” means the engine is turned off.

• Park only in designated parking areas.

• Cars parked illegally may be towed at the owner’s expense.

• Parking for athletic events is in the main lot or in the northeast St. Vincent parking structure. There is no parking beyond the gym.

• Officers from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and the Tualatin Valley Fire Department monitor handicap parking spots and fire lanes.

• Refrain from talking on a cell phone when driving on campus. It's the law.

• Allow enough time to slow down in the parking lot. Schedule after-school appointments so you have plenty of time to get there without endangering others.

• Both lanes have moving cars - do not get out of your car.  If you have to assist your child in stowing their backpack and putting on their belt then safety is better served if you take the time to park in the lot.

• Do not stop and wait in a particular place. Tell your child to look for you all the way up the line.

• DO NOT ALLOW your child to enter on the driver's side of the car! 

• Set an example - We have young, inexperienced drivers on campus and they need your help by setting a good example of safe, courteous behavior when you are on campus whether you are walking or driving through the parking lot.

• Lastly, the neon vest rules. You need to do what they say, when they say it. .

Please use the utmost caution and civility when driving on campus.