Staggered school closing times - Good practice at Quang Trung Primary School (Vinh City)
Quang Trung Primary School (Vinh City) is located in a convenient location, with access to two main roads, Quang Trung and Hong Bang. However, the traffic jams and chaos in front of the school gate after school have long caused frustration for the school as well as residents in the B6 apartment complex (Quang Trung ward) and parents.
(Baonghean) -Quang Trung Primary School (Vinh City) is located in a convenient location, with access to two main roads, Quang Trung and Hong Bang. However, the traffic jams and chaos in front of the school gate after school have long caused frustration for the school as well as residents in the B6 apartment complex (Quang Trung ward) and parents.
Usually, when children go to school, adults take them to and from school. There is no traffic jam in the morning because some people arrive early and some late. But in the afternoon, when children finish school at the same time, plus the parents come to pick up their children, there are hundreds of people gathered at the school gate. What's more, due to the habit of wanting to be quick, the parents who arrive first stop their cars on the side of the road, while the ones who arrive later park outside, in the middle of the road to pick them up. Cars, motorbikes, and pedestrians jostle each other, causing this section of the road to always be congested.
At the end of October, the school board came up with a solution to the above situation by arranging staggered dismissal times. Students were divided into two groups: grades 3, 4, and 5 left first; grades 1 and 2 left later. Therefore, when school ended, the number of students leaving the school gate at the same time was reduced by nearly half, and adults waiting to pick them up were not gathered at the same time as before. This helped reduce the above chaotic situation somewhat.
Although there are still some problems, such as: the way to manage first and second graders while upper graders are out of school, or the parents waiting to pick up and drop off their vehicles in a mess, blocking the way, so when students leave, they have to squeeze through the gaps between people and vehicles to go home with difficulty... the measure of staggered school dismissal times to avoid traffic jams by Quang Trung Primary School has initially been effective, and many parents commented that it is a good way.
Nguyen Quan
