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EDITION 31 28th Sept 2018
The weekly newsletter for the Holyport College family
Your help is needed Afternoon Pick-up With the College reaching full capacity this term, we are urgently looking at ways to ease the congestion on site at the end of the school day (and particularly on Fridays). Whilst we look at longer term solutions, parents and carers can help us out in the following ways:
By only driving to the College at the end of the school day where absolutely necessary - the more students who use the College buses, the better for all concerned
By refraining from parking on the grass verges adjacent to the Astroturf to allow traffic to move in both directions on this access road
By arriving a little later: the traffic is usually clearing by 17:45 Monday to Thursday and by 16:10 on a Friday (one of the options we are looking at is a compulsory staggering of departure times on a Friday but, in the meantime, parents and carers voluntarily coming in later would really help matters
Most importantly, by turning left out of the College gates. The overwhelming majority of significant delays are caused by individuals waiting to turn right onto the Ascot Road. If you turn left out of the gates, left again in to Forest Green Road and left again at the pub, you will be at the Village Green without delaying the traffic flow on site by turning right out of the College gates
Finally, another reminder that NO student is allowed to drive on to the site at any time, whether in a car or on a motorcycle. Quite apart from our parking restrictions, allowing students to drive to, or park within two miles of, the College is expressly forbidden within our funding agreement
Your help in supporting the above measures whilst we work on a longer-term solution will be much appreciated. Thank you. Ben McCarey Acting Head Master @holyportcollege
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