SJBC year 11 driving/parking

My boys travel a total of 3 hours per day on public transport to get to and from school and have been looking forward to being able to get themselves to school without having to leave home before 7am and not getting home until after 4:30pm. Preventing the yr11s from driving to and parking at the College is taking away the independence that we have been striving to instil in them. Many of the year 11s now also have after school jobs and having to rely on public transport prevents them from being able to work many shifts that are available. Students will still drive to school but will have to park on the streets which will cause additional congestion around the College and cause issues with the local residents - not a great way to create good relationships within the local community.

The kids should be able to drive to school.

If a student has a Driver's License they should be able to drive & park at the school.

This new rule is stupid. They should focus on more major matters such as new classrooms or current matters (stolen items etc) and not on a bunch of teenagers driving around the school under parental supervision

The school cannot stop students from driving to school. Once they pass they have a right to drive. Stopping them from parking in school grounds will cause issues with the residents in surrounding streets as students will park on verges or on the road in front of houses. Let our yr 11’s be responsible young adults. Stop disadvantaging them because they are the first year group to achieve things. Treat them like the young adults that they are. Stop controlling their every move

St John Bosco has become such a fantastic school that is growing bigger and better every year. The cars Situation has always been a problem at the school but excluding our young new drivers parking there cars at the school is discriminating against them and excluding anyone has never been a good idea or the right thing to do. It’s just isn’t fair at all. Surely we can put our heads together to resolve the issue (short term) so they can also drive themselves to school. Can we not open up a space for them to park. On one of the ovals or grass areas perhaps. Having such a big school built and not have enough parking for EVERYONE is going to need a long term solution factor in for the future and moving forward.

This comment is not productive. I know you are angry but comments like this will hinder our cause not help it.

Our children look forward to Christmas and birthdays and getting their license, now you're asking them to not open their presents but keep the cars they saved hard for in the garage and continue to be driven to school or go via transport. This to them is worse than being in Jail and the basic human rights taken from them.

Let me park and drive

I think it’s a great idea for kids to collect their siblings

The surrounding residential areas are in a much worse state to support student parking than the own parking lot at the school, blocking this would cause more problems for everybody (yes staff included) as it is almost impossible to enforce these rules.

This is a mistake and I hope it can be reversed before it has a negative impact on the school

This idea of not allowing our children to drive to school is very disappointing. As a school that has taken on a 21st century approach in educating our children, as families & as a community we are teaching our children values & responsibilities of being young adults & all it entails for them to be fully equipped for the world as we know it arr supposeto be there to encourageand praise their growth. I'm sure this information is negative to them & is actually doing the opposite of what we are trying to instill into our children & stiffles their growth and independence as young adult

Kids should be allowed to Drive to school and park on college carpark

Students should be allowed to drive and park at the school, surely a designated parking area can be made available for them.