Dear Marshall School parents and/or nannies
Yes! And we are at the other end of Turrell Ave but we get it too.
Perhaps a letter to the PTA with a request to say something in their school newsletter or e-list or whatever is in order - i.e. a reminder to the school community of the need to be a good neighbor! (I don't know if it will work, but more likely to be seen by the offenders than a post on MOL.)
Or you could stand there one day as drop-off and pick-up take place, and calmly pick up every piece of crap and hand it back to the miscreants idiots parents. Just say, pleasantly, "I think you forgot this."
I'm sorry to hear there is litter from elementary school students. Because I'm at the SO Ave. end of Turrell, we don't get the trash as much, but it does get blown up the street into our sunken driveway.
What I hate is still having to deal with double parking, jay-walking and door-opening into traffic at pick-up time. (Drivers: don't you know it's safer to open the sidewalk side doors?) The police like to sit in the Marshall parking lot to catch speeders around the park (I guess) on weekends and evenings, but are not around to prevent blatant violations.
I wouldn't bother with the PTA letter. My reason is because parents make up the PTA and as parents who live in SO/MW, they should know better than to trash a community. It would be a waste of my time.
My boys are teens now and when they attended Marshall, these same issues occurred. Double parking. Blocking drives. Trash. Letting kids bolt out into traffic and speeding. Sadly, nothing has changed even with new batches of parents.
Hi - I'm a Marshall parent and park there infrequently (child is busser). I'm sorry you have found litter there. I can't believe people would let their kids litter without correcting them - I'm hoping its a case of they got out the driver side and didn't see what's going on on the other side.
As a past PTA president I think you should write a letter but I would send it to the principal, Bonita Samuels. She will share the information with parents and hopefully things will improve in the fall.
I don't think it will fall on deaf ears - I think people may not be aware and need to pay more attention.
Thanks lamogo. I will consider it. Not to sound like a broken record but many of us parents, and not just Montrose, but parents who have children attending Marshall from other areas of SO have said many things over many years. Even our lovely crossing guard, Jim, has spoken to parents several times not about the litter but about safety. Some of these parents are in such a rush that they have tunnel vision. It's quite frightening. It's always a sigh of relief when summer comes or when I know certain families have moved up to Jefferson. But there's always more to replace them.
Thank you so very much for your response!
For those of you who park on Turrell Ave. b'twn Grove Road and Charlton, this is specifically for you. For the past few months, I've had to clean up trash in front of my home. Sometimes it's on the street at sidewalk level. Sometimes it's on my front lawn. It's everywhere EXCEPT for in your vehicle and/or in a trash can. B'twn my kids, my dog and my home, the last thing I want to do is go out and clean up someone else's mess.
How do I know it's Marshall school children? Because in the morning my lawn and walk are clean (because I've cleaned it) but after school it isn't. Also, the tell-tell signs of miniature gold fish packets and Yogurts give it away
Before you pull off with your little ones, can you please make sure you've taken your trash with you? I'd really appreciate it and I think my neighbors would too.
Thanks!