Canyon Pointe Elementary

Dismissal Procedures Reminder

Student safety is our top priority. Dismissal is a busy time as 900+ students, staff, buses, and vehicles are moving across campus. Your partnership helps us ensure a safe and efficient dismissal process.

Please review our dismissal procedures and options. A few reminders:

• Please be patient during the first two weeks as students, families, and staff learn routines and procedures.
• Submit any dismissal changes in writing to your child’s teacher by 2:00 PM.
• Parents of PK–2nd grade students: Please attach the transportation card to your child’s backpack. Cards will be available at Meet the Teacher.

Thank you for helping us create a safe and smooth dismissal for all Wildcats!

• Overcommunicate with your child's teacher about how your child will go home.

• Maintain consistency in your child's dismissal routine from the very first day of school.

• Ensure your child knows how they are getting home each day.

• Communicate any changes in writing to your child's teacher by 2:00 p.m. on the day of the change.

• All transportation changes must be submitted in writing by emailing CPEStransportation@tomballisd.net.

First Week Wristbands!

All students will receive a colored wristband on the first day of school. These wristbands indicate each student's method of transportation home. Please ensure your child wears their wristband each day during the first week of school.

Each student will be assigned a Stop Finder Tag for district transportation. Students will scan their ID cards when boarding and exiting the school bus. These tags include enhanced safety features that allow the Tomball ISD Transportation Department to communicate timely updates to parents regarding delays or other transportation-related information.

Reminders:

• PK–2nd grade students must have an adult present at the bus stop and attach their Smart Tag to their backpack.
• 3rd–4th grade students must wear their Smart Tag on a lanyard.
• A Smart Tag is required to ride district transportation.
• The first ID card is free; replacement cards are $5.00 and may be purchased at the campus.

Bus transportation information:

• Bus Registration : If your child will ride the bus, please make sure they are registered for transportation before the first day of school
• Newly Enrolled Students: This link Bus Service info for Campus will assist our families enrolling on or after the first day of school

To improve safety and traffic flow:

• All car riders will now be dropped off and picked up at the front of the school. (Northpointe Blvd.)
• Bus riders will arrive and depart from the back of the school near the gym.
  (Northpointe Manor)
• Special Transportation and Day Care will use the Back Transportation Area.
  (Northpointe Manor/staff parking lot)
• All students will receive a car rider number from their homeroom teacher during Meet the Teacher.

New Car Rider Traffic Pattern

• Enter and exit from Northpointe Boulevard and follow the designated route into the front car rider lane.
• Staff members will be available to assist students during arrival and dismissal.
• For the safety of all students, please have your child ready to exit the vehicle when you reach the unloading area.
• Seat Belts: For safety and liability reasons, staff members are not permitted to enter vehicles to buckle or unbuckle students. If your child needs assistance, please pull forward to a designated parking space to assist them before leaving campus.

After 8:40 a.m., parents will need to park, walk their child to the front office, and sign them in.

We have one designated dismissal areas for walkers: one near Northpointe Manor

• Morning Arrival: Walkers should enter the building through the front of the school
• Dismissal: Walkers will be dismissed from the designated walker area near Northpointe Manor. Please line up along to the fence in the order in which you arrive. Make sure you have your number sign. Please see the map attached.
• Safety: Please use the designated sidewalk area along Northpointe Blvd/Northpointe Manor and follow staff directions at all times.
• Important: For campus security purposes, do not walk yourself, student or pets through other dismissal areas. There are no crosswalks along the front of the school, so please plan your route accordingly and use caution when walking to and from campus

Please communicate with your child’s teacher if your student will be picked up as a walker, so you can receive a walker name tag.

• Hours: 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
• Parents with students attending Campus Kids will park in the designated handicap spots in the front parking lot, walk their children to Campus Kids on the office side of the new car rider line, and drop them off. These parents will have a BLUE sign to place in their window, signaling to the SROs that they are authorized to enter the front parking lot to drop off students before 8:00 AM.
• Vehicles may enter the parking lot after 4:30 PM.

• www.campuskidsllc.com

Parents of Pre-K and Kindergarten students will be allowed to walk their child to class on the first day of school.

We understand how meaningful it is to wish your child well on their first day, especially if they are in 1st grade or older. However, once students enter the building, our staff will be stationed in the hallways to help guide them safely and confidently to their classrooms.

Email: karinaavila@tomballisd.net

Website: cpes.tomballisd.net
Location: 13002 Northpointe Boulevard, Tomball, TX, USA
Phone: 281-357-3122
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TISDCPES/
Instagram: @canyon_pointe_tisd