Jmst public schoolsJamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Public School Board Monday evening heard a report from Superintendent Rob Lech concerning a meeting he had with Jamestown officials to find solutions to congested traffic problems at the middle school bus stop and the high school parking lot.

Any changes under consideration would go into effect next school year.

One idea is to move the bus stop to the back of the middle school to alleviate congestion with parents who are dropping off or picking up students in the same area.

Also discussed is a one-way entrance into the high school parking lot from 12th Avenue Northeast and a one-way exit onto 13th Street Northeast.

Lech said he also wants more consistent signage throughout the district and and removing some of the diagonal parking spaces along 3rd Street Southeast to improve the field of vision around the middle school.

Also at the meeting Carol Ulrich, whose children both attend school at Jamestown Public Schools, voiced her concerns about data that will be collected on students under the new Common Core standards for education

She said the Common Core tests go beyond checking a child’s proficiency in math or English in that they collect psychological and behavior assessments on students as well.

Lech said he understands the concerns over data privacy, and school district employees are concerned about protecting their own data as well as the data of the students.

He pointed out that the state Department of Public Instruction has a data advisory team working on the implementation of the Common Core standards, and he was “very confident that they have a high level of scrutiny of where that data goes.”

　The meeting was recorded by CSi 10 THE  REPLAY CHANNEL, with replays starting Tuesday.