General Crerar Parking Lot Safety
The parking lot area is reserved for teaching staff as it is only large enough to accommodate school and TDSB personnel, therefore visitors are asked to park in the designated areas on the street.
Please do not enter the parking lot to drop off children, as this creates a safety hazard. School busses enter and exit the parking lot for pick up and drop off and families entering the parking lot can interfere with the busses.
The safest place to stop (when driving your child to school) is directly in front of the school, in between the appropriate signs. If you prefer to walk your younger child to their entry door, please safely park on the side closest to the school and walk to the school yard.
There is absolutely no student pick up or drop off in the parking lot from
8:15 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.between these hours you must park on the side streets and walk your child(ren) to the school.unaccompanied children are not allowed in the parking lot. please use the sidewalks to enter and exit the school property
enforcement: parking enforcement units and toronto police regularly ticket or monitor unauthorized vehicles blocking school gates, bus loading zones, or staff lots.
if you witness unsafe driving practices happening in front of the school, please notify the police via phone call or by using this link:
https://www.torontopolice.on.ca/core/driving_complaint.php
if you have a licence plate and/or description of the driver, the police can lay charges for moving violations, if the complainant is willing to go to court and can identify the driver. if the complainant is not willing to go to court, the police will send a letter to the registered owner about traffic safety.
below are some by-laws that you may not be aware of:
highway traffic act
fail to stop for a school bus $ 490.00 - 6 points
fail to obey school crossing stop sign (crossing guard) $180.00 – 3 points
fail to stop at crossover (crosswalk) / fail to yield to a pedestrian $180.00 – 3 points
disobey sign (bus loop – parking lot)$110.00 – 2 points
improper turns/turn not in safety $110.00 – 2 points
drive – hand-held communication device
$490.00 – 3 points
parking tickets
park within 9 metres of intersection roadway (intersection) $50.00
stand or stop vehicle signed highway during prohibited time $60.00
stop within 15 metres of pedestrian crossover (crosswalk) $60.00
stop in school bus loading zone $60.00
park in a fire route (our bus loop) $250.00
park vehicle in accessible parking space without proper display of valid permit $450.00
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