Parking is a challenge anywhere you go in Center City, but especially in our small school lot. Please be considerate when entering and exiting the FSS parking lot for drop-offs and pick-ups. Working together, we can maintain a safe and pleasant community.
A few guidelines:
•Pedestrians have the right of way. Allow pedestrians to cross at the sidewalk and crosswalk zones.
•Avoid dropping students off at the exit gate on 16th street. Visibility is limited for drivers here, and it is dangerous. Instead, pull up to the walkway that opens to the sidewalk on 16th Street.
•Pedestrians should enter the parking lot only through the gate on 16th St. which leads to the crosswalk, and not through the entrance or exit of the parking lot.
•Please remain in your vehicle when you drop your child off in the morning and pick your child up in the afternoon.
•Parents are permitted to park in the lot only after 4 p.m., and only in marked spaces. Never abandon your vehicle in the parking lot, whether at the entrance gate area, bus zone, or in front of faculty and staff parked cars. (Please remember that your doing so may cause frustration and anger on the part of others when they find themselves blocked in by your car.)
•Other alternatives to pulling into the school parking lot:
- In the mornings, a small gate is open on Race St. at the west end of the low wall. You may temporarily park along the south side of Race St. to drop off your child, who may enter through this gate.
- Many older students prefer to be dropped off at the Parkway/Cherry Street entrance, where there are two loading zones.
- Metered spaces are available on 16th St. and also on Vine St., a short walk away.