Dropping kids off at Seacliff could get easier

Parents who drop their children off at Seacliff Elementary School may have an easier time as the city has floated plans to eliminate a traffic lane near the school and replace it with a parking lane.

Bob Stachelski, the city’s transportation manager, said his staff is working with the Orange County Transportation Authority on the plan and hopes to start repainting the street Monday. A number of parents have approached the city and school district in recent weeks to discuss improving traffic flow outside the school at 6701 Garfield Ave.

“Our preference is whatever works for everybody,” Stachelski said. “We’re going to do our best to make it work.”

Seacliff parent Gary Stenlund, a member of the school’s site council, said he successfully lobbied the city to paint green curbs on Garfield, which allow for a few minutes’ parking, instead of the previous red ones.

— Michael Miller