Dismissal is our communities time to shine. School is dismissed at 3:45 pm. Through kindness and patience we can ensure a safe environment for our students during our dismissal process. We need your help being good neighbors and maintaining safe driving conditions during our dismissal time. Our staff works hard to efficiently load cars while ensuring the safety of each and every child. And, we need to keep the traffic on the roads near campus moving. We need your help making this happen.
Pick Up Number
- All families will receive a pick up number even if you child rides the bus. The pick up number is only used for pick up and not for bus riders. Families that have multiple students will have the same pick up number for all of their children.
- This number quickly allows our staff to tell which child is being picked up and helps maintain safety. Numbers will be given out at the Back-To-School Night and during the first week of school at the front office.
If you are picking up your child in a car:
- Please do not arrive on campus before 3:30 PM. Arriving earlier than 3:30 PM creates a safety hazard.
- Please consider carpooling to ease the number of cars on campus.
- Place your pick up number in the front window on the passenger side.
- Please stay in your car and wait patiently while your child walks from class to the car zone. Once your child gets to the car zone we will assist your child to your car.
If your child is a walker:
- Discuss with your child a safe route to walk home. We suggest families utilize the backgate near the baseball field or the sidewalk near the post. If you are meeting your walker please wait for them off campus. We will no longer allow parents to wait near the car zone or bike rack. The area between the flagpole and carzone will be for staff and students only.
If your child is pick-up at the playshed:
- Meet at the playshed gate where a staff member will enter your pick up card.
- At 3:40 pm we will start dismissing students to the playshed.
- Please avoid the area between the flagpole and the car zone. This area is designated for staff and students only.
If your child is a
bus rider:
- It is highly recommended that students ride the bus to eliminate traffic in our community. If your child rides the bus they will remain in class until their bus arrives. If your student is on a late bus they will be monitored by support staff engaging in various activities until the bus arrives.
- Please remind students that riding a bus is much like riding in the family car, we are SUPERSAFE and follow our safety guidelines.
- No parking is permitted in the bus zone.
As a reminder, having more families carpool, walk, or have their children ride the bus will reduce the number of cars entering campus, which should allow the buses to enter campus sooner, load sooner, and leave sooner. We appreciate your patience and support.
Safety Measures
We are making a few adjustments during dismissal which may impact the way you pick up your child. We will no longer allow visitors to wait for their child near the car zone/bike rack. This is a high traffic area of our school for students getting home and need all adults to stay outside the staff/student zone to allow for students to safety depart. If you have an emergency or need to go to the front office we ask that you use the crosswalks located within the parking lot by the flagpole.
Our bus zone is for authorized vehicles only. We have added signage and cones in our bus area to eliminate the flow of unauthorized vehicles. It is imperative that families do not park in our bus zone so that our school buses can enter and exit with ease. We suggest parking in our parking lot or off campus at The Post. We will no longer have access to our parking lot through our bus zone.
If your child is a walker, we encourage you to practice a safe route to walk home from school. It is suggested that students walk home from school through the back gate near the baseball field or the sidewalks near the post. You may wait for your child at the back gate or the post if you choose to have your child walk and would like to meet them.
Thank you for your assistance ensuring safety for all Explorers!
