MOUNTAIN BROOK, AL — Sisters, change is here. After what we can only describe as the longest minute and a half of anyone’s life, Cappa Cappa has voted to replace Capstone’s traditional carpool line with a full-service valet, effective immediately.
It happened last Wednesday at 7:42 a.m. Our own Volunteer Coordinator Kinsley Ashford found herself stopped directly behind a 2011 Honda Odyssey with a dented bumper and a faded “My Child Is a Student of the Month” sticker. “I sat there for ninety seconds,” Kinsley told us, still shaken. “Ninety. I could see the Honda’s interior. There were Goldfish crackers on the dash. I don’t know how to explain that to my therapist.”
We sprang into action. By that afternoon, our emergency group text, “CARPOOL (urgent) (not a drill),” had 212 replies, 40 voice memos and a Pinterest board. The proposal passed unanimously. Funding came from the library’s book budget, which we all agreed was mostly just books anyway.
Here’s how it works: pull up to our new canopied drop-off area, hand your keys to an attendant, and walk your child the remaining eleven feet to the door. Your attendant will park your car, wait, and bring it back. There is a small service fee, and the details are honestly none of your business.
Families with vehicles older than 2020 will now use a separate entrance behind the dumpsters, which we have lovingly renamed Heritage Lane. It has its own charm.
We later learned the Honda belongs to our very own Becca from the zoned district, who explained she had been waiting for her son to find his other shoe. We’ve sent her a welcome basket and a gentle list of suggestions. She replied with a thumbs-up emoji, which we are choosing to read as gratitude. We’re all in this together.