It is the goal of the Meramec Valley R-III School District to provide a safe environment for students. The district recognizes that rules regarding dismissal of students are a necessary part of the district’s safety program. All visitors must enter the school through the office doors. Students who are going to be picked up before the end of the school day will be released through the office only.
We will be using Kid Account to dismiss this year - there will no longer be car rider tags for your car - we will provide you with more information on the Kid Account parent app or provide you with a card that is specific to your student. This card will be scanned at pick up to ensure each child is released to the correct guardian. We will also use Kid Account as students get on the bus each day to ensure all students are released to the correct bus.
Below you will find a picture of our entire dismissal process. There is a lot happening from 3:30-3:50 to make sure that we dismiss safely, efficiently and timely.
We will use Kid Account at all dismissal locations; SACC, each individual bus and for the car lane.
- SPED buses will dismiss out of the SACC/Odyssey Entrance (SPED Car Riders are welcome to use this pick area too as it will be less rushed and congested if you would like please just let the office know!)
- We have 7 buses this year and we will load 4, release them and then load the back 3 and release them.
- Our VIP PARKING SPOTS there were won at Trivia Night this past year will be located at the three spots by the stairs. Your students will be walked out to your car for you to exit ASAP! *Walkers and Bike Riders can be released to the parent under the main entrance foyer as soon as a staff member has scanned them into the Kid Account system.
- Car Riders - This will look a little different but should move a little faster. We will come to your car window and scan a kid account card or type your child's last name into your system and log who is picking up your child - Please make sure anyone that is allowed to pick up your child is on their portal and approved by you. This is the safety feature that helps us accurately know who we are releasing students to. IF an adult is picking up your child and they are NOT listed on the emergency contact we will be asking for an ID - to keep the line moving we may ask you to pull out of line and move to the front lane by the stairs until we can confirm ID and office contacts the child's guardian. The red dots represent the TWO LANE waiting area where we will have our overflow line. We would like for it to go down to ONE LANE when entering our actual Zitzman Parking lot and lining the outer curb of the lot. This will allow us to line students up orderly, and load them quickly. We will stop the single line at the top of the hill and the green dots in the picture represent the cars we will LOAD. We will load SIX cars at a time. THE FRONT CAR CANNOT LEAVE UNTIL ALL SIX CARS ARE LOADED. We don't want any moving vehicles while loading students. WE ASK THAT IF YOUR CHILD NEEDS HELP GETTING SITUATED THAT YOU PULL OUT AND PARK IN ANOTHER LOCATION TO GET OUT AND HELP THEM. ALL DRIVERS WILL NEED TO STAY IN THEIR CARS AND WE WILL HELP THE KIDDOS IN.
***There are no visors or tags that you will need for car dismissal anymore. All students came home with two Kid Account cards last Monday 8/19. Every student only gets TWO cards. If you have more people that may pick your child up it also works if you take a picture of the card or like I said above we can type in the last name and search for your child. The line and scanning move quicker with the card ready which is our main goal.
