You are at rest with respect to the car.
You are in motion with respect to the School.
Here, height is given which will be the distance for a freely falling object.
The velocity will be

and the acceleration will be

In this way, the formula works.
The time that would be saved if the delicious chicken breast were thawed on the kitchen counter instead, given that room temperature is around 69 F could be calculated by :
tf - ti = 5.7
hope this helps