Am I missing something?

Crossing St. Claude Ave. on my bike the other day I noticed something new and shinny. A brand-spankin’ new School Zone sign complete with flashing light and solar panel. ‘Hail Progress! Some recovery work has arrived on St. Claude’, I thought.

Well, sort of.

See, while the school zone sign is in fact brand new and is in many ways impressive, if I’m not mistaken the school that it marks is no longer a school. The school zone sign sure seems to be marking the approach to what used to be Colton School but which has become the Studio At Colton. And it doesn’t appear slated to revert to being a school any time soon.

From what I can tell, Colton is slated to return to use as a school in Phase 2 of the Recovery School District Master Plan. And since Phase 1 of the Recovery School District Master Plan appears to be continuing until 2014, I don’t see Colton being a school again before 2015 at the earliest.

So by the time Colton is a school again, I suspect it will be about time for another city contractor to get another deal to install some new school zone signs.

And what exactly would be the deal with getting ticketed for speeding through a school zone with the flashing lights if their is no school there? Good thing I ride a bike.