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City staff is monitoring traffic at area secondary schools to consider options to improve the traffic flow. 

With new students at all junior high schools and senior high schools, drivers are developing a familiarity for the traffic flows during the first few days of the school year and steps have been made for improvement.  Those steps include:

• adding dedicated parent drop-off lanes
• separating the bus and parent/student traffic
• installing additional signage to guide drivers (which will be monitored for size and height adjustment as ne

Both Olathe libraries will adopt new hours effective August 22. The Olathe Public Library and the Indian Creek Branch will be open Monday – Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Friday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The library’s website is www.olathelibrary.org.

The Olathe Persons with Disabilities Advisory Board (PDAB) has received the 2010 Michael Lechner Award for excellence in advocacy on behalf of disabled citizens by the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns.

The award honors Michael Lechner, now deceased, who served as Executive Director of the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns for many years and was known for his outstanding advocacy on behalf of disabled Kansans.

As students prepare to return to school, the City of Olathe is working to ensure school crossings are safe. The School Safety Program, adopted in 2003, establishes guidelines for use of intersection controls, crossing guards and other tools to ensure safe school crossings for elementary students.

This year, the City is piloting the use of Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFB) in school crossings at Fairview, Heritage and Ravenwood Elementary schools.

The Olathe City Council recently adopted a new recycled pavement technology with both environmental and cost benefits.  

FRAP, or Fractionated Recycled Asphalt Pavement, is a green technology that recycles aged and worn asphalt pavement on existing asphalt streets, roads and highways and incorporates the material back into the new asphalt.  

The process of combining old and new asphalt, known as Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) has been around for years. However, RAP was generally limited to a mix of 10% recycled to 90% new asphalt.

The City of Olathe will reduce pool operations beginning in August.

Millcreek Pool will close for the season after pool hours on Sunday, August 8.

Oregon Trail and Frontier Pools will be open through Sunday, August 15.

Black Bob Bay will remain open for regular hours through August 15 and will operate reduced hours from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. weekdays August 16 to August 20. Beginning August 21, Black Bob Bay will operate on weekends only from 12:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.