The APA Traffic Safety Committee works to ensure the physical safety of the Allenby community during arrival and departure each school day. Focus is placed on encouraging walking or cycling to school versus a parent/caregiver driving, ensuring that traffic rules around the school are adhered to and liaising about traffic issues and concerns with city councillors, Toronto Police Services and Toronto’s Transportation Services.
Director, Traffic Safety – Lynn Barnard
Do you have any concerns or suggestions to improve traffic safety around the school? Would you like to volunteer with the APA Traffic Safety Committee? Contact the APA Chair.
Crossing Guards
The School Crossing Guard Program is operated by the City of Toronto. There are four intersections within the Allenby school boundaries that provide crossing guard services to families and students.
- Castlewood Avenue and Roselawn Avenue
- Avenue Road and Roselawn Avenue
- Avenue Road and Castlefield Avenue
- Avenue Road and St. Clements Avenue
Crossing guards provide services according to the following schedule:
- Morning: 8:30am-9:20am
- Lunch: 11:50am-1:20pm
- Afternoon: 3:20-3:50pm
Reporting an Absent Crossing Guard/Concerns or Compliments
If a crossing guard is absent, parents/caregivers are encouraged to report it to the City’s crossing guard Program Coordinator at SchoolCrossingGuard@toronto.ca. Also please feel free to email the Director of Traffic Safety. The school crossing guard services are provided by the City of Toronto through contracted vendors and, although they are not Allenby staff, they are of course an important part of our school community. When a crossing guard does not show up for their shift, the contracted vendor should already be aware, since the crossing guard did not sign in via the app they use. Their protocol is to immediately find a replacement, as well as send a report to the City detailing the circumstances and actions taken.
The Allenby Drop Zone
For students in grades 1 to 6, we encourage those parents who need to drive to use our Drop Zone. We have two different locations: Castlefield Ave. (for those travelling westbound) and St. Clements Ave. (for those travelling eastbound). The Drop Zone operates from 9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Please avoid stopping along the school boundaries on St. Clements and Castlefield ANYTIME during the school day (as indicated on the posted signage).
