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***image1***The new Kaiserslautern School Complex drop-off and pick-up area is finally complete.
Thanks to funding by U.S. Air Forces in Europe and hard work by the 86th Construction and Training Squadron personnel, parents can now enjoy the convenience and safety of a parking area behind the Kaiserslautern schools. You may have already seen its construction from B270 or the family housing pedestrian bridge, but this article explains what the area is designed for and how you can get there.
For years, parents have used the Vogelweh Chapel, 569th Security Forces and the civil engineer parking lots and cut across the traffic of Washington Square and Kansas Street with their children to get to school. This obviously caused added congestion at several work centers and is a safety hazard with so many children crossing Vogelweh’s main thoroughfare and then crossing Kansas Street amidst the traffic of the bus marshalling area.
Now, whether dropping off middle and high school students, or walking elementary children to class, the new KSC drop-off/pick-up area is now a parent’s best choice in the mornings or afternoons when headed to school. The parking area has 12 one-hour parking slots, designed to allow parents to walk children to their classrooms or sign their children in and out of school for appointments. Moreover, parents can drive through the area for quick drop-off or pick-up.
Furthermore, the new parking area is also designed as the single point of entry for the school complex. The main gate off of Kansas Street will remain closed and locked, except during emergencies. All contract vehicles, delivery trucks and school staff will use a designated lane of traffic at the new entrance to prevent vehicle traffic from cutting through the complex during school hours and creating safety hazards for the students and faculty.
The new parking area can be reached by turning onto Second Avenue from the Kapaun side of Vogelweh. Follow Second Avenue, through the new housing area and down to the school complex. Since Kansas Street is currently blocked during the hours of school due to bus marshalling, parents should traverse Kapaun from the Pulaski side of base and head down Kansas Street until forced to turn onto Second Avenue. The parking area is adjacent to the walk-over bridge between the new housing area and the school complex.
(Courtesy of 431st Air Base Group School Liaison Office)
