Welcome to 2015! It is hard to believe we are ½ way through our school year. This is the perfect time to talk safety with our students who ride a BIKE or SCOOTER to school. First off, BRAVO for encouraging your kiddos to ride a bike or scooter to school! We have record numbers of students getting to school via bikes and scooters, and we look forward to seeing those numbers increase as the spring months and better weather draw closer.

Cascade Ridge is always evaluating systems for keeping all students safe. Since the start of the school year, we have worked hard to establish routines for students who choose to ride bikes, scooters or skateboards to school. Due to the increasing volume of students choosing this, close calls and run-in’s, the following guidelines will be in place effective immediately:

Bike/Skateboard/Scooter Riders

New Guidelines

• Students who ride bikes, scooters, or skateboards to school from the north end (Glencoe and neighborhoods north) will have two choices:

• Cross to the west sidewalk (opposite the school) at the Sterling Square crosswalk and ride bikes or scooters on the sidewalk. If you are on a bike, you can use the designated bike lane. Proceed to the main crosswalk and cross with the crossing guards & Ms. Paula (at the south end of the school.) Walk scooters or bikes at the start of the school campus.

• If you choose to come to school via the east sidewalk (closest to school), students will now need to walk their bike, scooter or skateboard all the way from the crosswalk at the Glencoe (this includes kids who are in K-2 and supervised by their parents.) The pedestrian traffic on this sidewalk is very heavy, which makes it necessary for this change.

• Students going home will follow the same options.

• Cross at the main crosswalk with the crossing guards & Ms. Paula to the west sidewalk (opposite the school) and ride north to all neighborhoods.

• If you choose to use the east sidewalk (closest to the school), bikes, skateboards or scooters will be walked from the main crosswalk and all the way north until you reach the Glencoe crosswalk. This includes directly in front of the school.

• Bikes on the east side of the school going home may use the bike lane. Scooters should not use the bike lane on either side, in either direction.