From the Bigelow Parent Handbook, p. 33
Bigelow Middle School is located on a busy corner. Please use extra caution when dropping-off and picking-up children by car at the school. Drive slowly and yield to pedestrians. Do not use your phone while driving. The safety of our children is paramount!
We encourage students to walk or ride a bike to school.
When transporting children to and from the school by automobile, it is important to obey all traffic signs and parking regulations in the area. In particular:
- Please drop-off students in the Blue Zone on the right hand side of Park St, and please pick up students after school on Park St. Please pull over to the curb and pull as far forward as possible along Park Street. Drivers should not leave their vehicles.
- Please turn the car engine off. Idling is against the law and car fumes are bad for kids health. Turning the engine off can reduce children’s exposure to pollutants, save money, help the environment, and avoid a fine.
- Please do NOT park on the left hand side of Park Street to pick-up or drop-off. It is marked “No Parking.”
- Please do NOT stop in the middle of the street to drop-off or pick-up students. This blocks the flow of traffic and is unsafe.
- Please do NOT block the entrance to driveways or parking lots. Be respectful of our neighbors’ property and access.
- Please do NOT park and leave your vehicle in the designated bus pick-up zone on Vernon St.
- Please respect the speed limits posted in the school zone.
- Please park in the handicapped parking spots in front of the school only if you have handicapped tags.
- Please inform all family members and caregivers who pick-up or drop-off children at Bigelow of these procedures.
Park & Walk map provided by Newton Public Schools.