Parents can wait up to one hour in the morning while dropping off their kids at Mark Twain Elementary School in Carson City.
The parent lane, able to accommodate only eight cars, is full before buses arrive with students. Traffic is at a standstill for about half a mile in either direction from the campus at 2111 Carriage Crest Drive.
Mark Twain Principal Chelise Crookshanks has few options without changes in transportation habits. There are about 200 drop-offs and pickups every day. About 140 students, or 25% of her total population, arrive by bus…