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Ms. Jessica Jagoe, Associate Planner September 4, 2018 Page 11 Traffic Study Background The proposed AFSA school, if approved, will be located at 2925 Country Drive, a parcel within a PUD Permit District that allows commercial uses but does not current allow school uses. A traffic study was conducted to identify any impacts that might occur consistent with its approval and implementation. Figure 2 on the next page shows the site’s regional location. Student Enrollment: The school, within the next five years will have a total enrollment of 312 students, who will be in Kindergarten through eighth grade. Based on experiences at two other AFSA schools, it is forecast that 228 students (73 percent) will ride a school bus to and from school, and 84 students (27 percent) will be driven to and from school. Because some families will have more than one student enrolled at the school, it is estimated that 70 parents will drive the 82 students. Bus Operations: Ten buses will be used for bus transportation. The buses have 23 foot long wheel bases. They will enter the school site at the southern driveway and circulate clockwise around the western side of the school building. They will queue along the northern edge of the playground on the north side of the building to drop-off and pick-up students. The buses will arrive and depart in two rounds. Each round will consist of no more than five buses. The queue along the northern edge of the playground can accommodate four buses. The fifth bus will wait along the western side of the school building for the first bus in line to exit the site, and after the buses in queue move forward, it will turn to get in line. Students will alight and board the buses on the right (passenger) side of the buses and will only be able to alight or board from the playground area, which will be fenced. The first round of five buses will arrive and depart in the morning between 7:30 and 7:40. The second round of five buses will arrive and depart between 7:40 and 7:50. In the afternoon, when the buses will pick student up at the end of school, the first round of five buses will arrive and depart between 2:30 and 2:48. The second round of five buses will arrive and depart between 2:55 and 3:05. Thus, there will never be more than five buses on site at any given time. The buses will enter the site after travelling south on Country Drive from the Owasso Boulevard intersection with Country Drive. They will exit the site by driving north on Country Drive toward Owasso Boulevard, where they will accomplish a northbound left-turn onto Owasso Boulevard.