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Arrival and Dismissal Procedures
Arrival (Cars) - Car riders in the morning may be dropped through the front car rider line. The doors open at 7:00am and students are expected to be inside the doors by 7:30am. To ensure we are moving quickly and safely, please make sure that your child is ready to get out of the car when you pull up to the front. The first car should pull all the way up towards the flag pole and everyone pull up before letting children out of the cars. Please do not wait to stop right at the door. On rainy days, we will have people with umbrellas out to assist. Please continue pulling up on those days as well. Do not make a left turn from August Green to the car rider line. You will need to go down to the circle drive and come back up August Green in the line.
Do NOT park on the side of August Green Road and let children out. This is very dangerous and we want to make sure everyone is safe.
Another option is to park in the back parking lot (do not block the bus ramp) and walk your child around to the front doors. If you choose to do this, you must park and walk your child. It is not safe for them to walk through the parking lot alone and you can not drop off on the curb because you will block the bus ramp.
Dismissal (ALL) - All changes of transportation must be completed before 2:00pm and no students will be signed out in the front office from 2:00-end of dismissal time. Please make sure to send all transportation changes to the front office via a note in your child's bag (and let the teacher know it is there) or a phone call to the front office before 2:00pm. Changes of transportation via email will not be accepted.
Dismissal (Car) - All cars should have a car tag for each student with their grade level on it and it must be displayed in the window the whole time. Your child is called via radio, but we also need to be able to see the tag once we are putting children in the cars too. Please make sure to continue pulling up to the front and we will make sure your child gets to your car safely. If you do not have a car tag, you will need to get one from the office prior to dismissal or let the office know and we will make sure your child has one to take home. The car rider line is long, but we have made the adjustments and are now finished around 3:15-3:25 each day.
You are not allowed to park and come inside to sign out your child. You will be asked to wait until dismissal is over. We have a lot of moving parts during this time and we want to make sure that your child is safe.
Dismissal (Walker) - All walker parents need a walker tag. If you do not have one, you may get one from the office prior to dismissal. Walker parents will line up along the front of the building towards the side by August Green and enter the side gate as they are called. As the students are called, they will come out the side door to the parent and exit the other side of the gate towards the back parking lot. We have had an increased number of walkers and we need to ensure that everyone is getting to the correct place safely.
Arrival and Dismissal (bus) - Please make sure you are signed up for the parent portal and that your child has their SMART tag (the district is providing one for every student soon and then if lost, it is $5 to replace them). Once you have signed up for the portal, you can see the activity of your student on the bus, follow the bus route in real time, and get alerts about the bus route. Please be patient as the transportation department does have a shortage of staff and they are doing their best to make sure your children get home safely. We have seen many behavior concerns on the bus already this year. Please speak with your child about proper bus behavior. They need to be seated at all times (especially when the bus is in motion), keep their hands and feet to themselves, and watch to make sure they are getting off at the correct spot. As we are reviewing bus videos, parents will be contacted of inappropriate bus behaviors and it could result in the student suspended from the bus.