I pick up my daughter from a dropoff at Luigi Aprea Elementary
School. A lot of people like myself come early to get a spot.
“I pick up my daughter from a dropoff at Luigi Aprea Elementary School. A lot of people like myself come early to get a spot. Frequently people will back up into the dropoff to get in front of you. Would I be able to call the cops on that? They always back up onto your bumper. I think its really rude. We all wait here for an hour, and one person comes in for a class. They back up into the driveway because you can’t go through the entrance since it is blocked off with cones. The problem is after school, children are coming through the gates, and I don’t feel comfortable having to back up to pop out and go around that person or anyone else who reverses through the exit to cut in.”
Red Phone: Dear Boxed In, Red Phone can appreciate your concern for kids’ safety especially if that means you have to enter the center area of the parking lot that is coned off to keep the cars moving in a single-file line. This is one of the areas the school is looking at improving, said Luigi Aprea Principal Richard Rodriguez.
“We are looking into the concerns regarding traffic flow and parking in and around the school,” he said. “I am currently working with the district staff to study and make recommendations for improving the overall traffic situation at the school. We will be setting up a meeting with the city and police department shortly to discuss these topics.”
After that meeting, Martinez said he will update parents with any changes or updates to the current traffic flow and parking procedures. So, good caller, hopefully that will help to ease some of the traffic issues. And to those who back in to the exit, recognize there may be people behind you who are boxed in.
What about dogs in yards?
“Will there be any consequences to owners of vicious dogs if the biting (or killing) happens in the dog’s yard? That’s why we have vicious dogs – to keep trespassers out.”
Red Phone: Dear Take A Bite, The city’s municipal code states that no dog shall be classified as dangerous if the behavior in question was directed against a trespasser inside any fully enclosed building or fenced area on private property. As a result, the owners of dogs who bite someone within their own yard will not be cited, Police Chief Denise Turner said.
While you won’t get get in trouble if a dog bites an intruder, you will get in trouble if your dog takes its pound of flesh from the local mail carrier. Carriers are instructed not even to deliver your mail if there are dogs in the yard, and if they get bit, you get bit with a minimum fine of $2,000, according to Gilroy Postmaster Penny Yates.
