Editor,
During the school year, I have noticed that when I drive to work toward State Route 92 there is a significant slowdown around the Carey school, since parents park their cars on Alameda de las Pulgas to drop off their kids. People stop traffic waiting to pull over, they walk out into traffic and open their cars doors, forcing slowdowns and they will recklessly pull out into traffic causing slowdowns.
Since this is a critical road used to access the highway, and for other parents to drop theirs kids off at Serra and Aragon high schools, these interruptions cause significant delays for commuters. The Carey School recently underwent a significant expansion, however, they did not address the pickup and drop off problem that it faced even before the renovation. Now the problem is worse. In addition, the school built a chain-link fence all the up to the edge of the sidewalk that runs down the Alameda side of the school property. Pedestrians walking on the sidewalk have 3 feet of space to negotiate each other. The fence is very ugly and looks like something some one would put up as a temporary solution (but has been there for years). The fence makes the area look run down and is an eyesore.
The Carey School needs to be forced to address these problems.
Benjamin Fisher
San Mateo
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(1) comment
Mr. Fischer, lets say like myself you are starting out from around 25th or 24th and Alameda - I notice when I stay in the far inside lane I have never had any issues. In fact on some mornings I have buzzed over to 25th ave to pick up coffee and cut across using Isabelle Street and pick up 20th ave West bound which allows me to circumvent Carey School, whom I believe are wonderful neighbors.
My only regret is way back in the day when Serra HS could have purchased the land from Carey School - they decided not too.
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