New School Zones Bring Challenges For Frisco Drivers

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FRISCO (CBS11) - With new schools come new school zones for drivers, and that can take some adjustment.

Things went pretty well at Norris Elementary School in Frisco for the first day of a new school, but that wasn't the case everywhere. Police tell us handicapped parking spots became an issue at another campus where they had a volunteer issue warnings to people trying to park there without permission. It's just one of the challenges as parents get back into the groove of the school year.

With four new campuses in Frisco's growing school district, new patterns added to the stress of the first day of school.

"It's totally new, new location and a lot of construction going on," Frisco ISD dad Sudhakar Parsi said.

Parsi noticed a lot of confusion from other drivers when he dropped off his fourth grader at Norris Elementary.

"People were going around, turning all over in all intersections, so there has been confusion," Parsi said.

Frisco Police say speeding through school zones was an issue across the district, and drivers will need to get used to allowing more time in the mornings.

"People speeding, people not paying attention. Maybe they're in a hurry to drop their kid off, and they might not be paying attention to the crosswalks and things like that," Frisco ISD mom Annika Gentles said.

Drivers need to pay close attention to signs and directions. Stonebrook Parkway can be tricky because just as you pass the new high school and see the sign to resume 45 miles per hour, almost immediately you'll see a sign dropping down to 20 miles per hour as you approach the new middle school.

The confusion doesn't end there. Not all 20 mile per hour zones are created equal, so read the fine print. The zone in front of the middle school goes from 7:05am to 8:30am and from 2:35pm to 4:30pm, but the zone in front of the high school goes from 8:05am to 9:05am and from 4:05pm to 4:45pm.

Drivers tend to get a bit of a break the first day of school, but police tell us when it comes to things like handicapped parking, there won't be many more warnings as officers crack down on violators.

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