Runyan News
August 16, 2025
Runyan Elementary School
Email: contactrunyan@conroeisd.net
Website: runyan.conroeisd.net
Location: 1101 Foster Drive, Conroe, TX, USA
Phone: (936) 709-2800
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RunyanCISD/
X: @RunyanCISD
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Dear Runyan Families,
It was a wonderful first week with our students in the building. We are looking forward to our first full week of school.
Just as a reminder our doors will open at 7:10 a.m. In an effort to reduce volume on the morning car rider line and to support parents needing earlier drop off, limited staff will be available to receive students starting at 7:10 AM on Monday, August 18th. Students will sit in the cafeteria and wait until regular arrival time at 7:25. They will then be released to eat breakfast or go to class. Please unload your student as we will have limited staff at the door. Students with behavior struggles or needing high levels of supervision should not be dropped off at 7:10 AM and should wait until normal drop off at 7:25AM. We hope your family takes advantage of this early arrival opportunity!
Our school announcements begin at 7:50 a.m. and our instruction begins promptly at 7:55 a.m. Staff members on car rider duty should report to begin instruction at 7:55. If your child arrives after 7:55 a.m., please park and sign in your child at the front office. Please do not leave your child unattended on the front porch.
Additional dismissal signs requested at Meet the Teacher night will be sent home this week, make sure to check your student's backpack.
Lunch will not be free for students, unless your family qualify. Remember to apply online for free and reduced lunch. Even if your child qualified last year, you need to re-apply every year. APPLY HERE: https://www.myschoolapps.com/
Thank you for your patience as we work through our dismissal procedures. Each day will continue to get faster as our students practice. Please have your car rider sign readily available at all times while in car rider line.
Don't forget to follow us on Facebook. We post updates, reminders, and campus happenings. @RunyanCISD
Regards,
Anel Salas, Principal
Runyan Elementary
Backpacks:
- Students should bring their backpack every day to school.
- They should have two backpack tags (Smart tag and regular tag).
- It's important to keep both tags attached to their backpack as we use them for dismissal daily.
- When students do not have a tag, they slow down our dismissal procedures resulting in late buses or waiting longer in car rider line.
School Hours:
- School hours are 7:55 to 3:10 again this year.
- Instruction will begin promptly at 7:55. Students who arrive after 7:55 will be counted tardy.
- Doors open at 7:10 to support our families. Take advantage of this service and avoid arriving late. Staff members are not available to stay at car rider line after 7:55 a.m.
Tardy Students
- After the first week of school, students must arrive before 7:55AM to be on time to class.
- Students arriving after 7:55AM must be checked in by a parent or guardian in the front office.
- Students eating breakfast at school should arrive no later than 7:45AM
Early Start:
- In an effort to reduce volume on the morning car rider line and to support parents needing earlier drop off, limited staff will be available to receive students starting at 7:10 AM on Monday, August 18th.
- Students will sit in the cafeteria and wait until regular arrival time at 7:25. They will then be released to eat breakfast or go to class.
- Please unload your student as we will have limited staff at the door.
- Students with behavior struggles or needing high levels of supervision should not be dropped off at 7:10 AM and should wait until normal drop off at 7:25AM.
Dismissal:
- Please be patient as we work through our car rider line process, as parents learn the traffic pattern, and as bus drivers learn their routes.
- All car riders will need the 25-26 car rider sign.
- Our number one priority is for all students arrive to and from school safely.
- Parents can request additional car rider signs, these will be placed in students' backpacks after the second week of school.
Lunch Visitors:
- To allow our students to get acclimated to school and to learn procedures, we will not have any lunch visitors until August 25th.
- Parents are welcome to sign up to come and eat with their child using the same procedures as last year.
School Meals:
- Lunch will not be free for students, unless your family qualify.
- Remember to apply online for free and reduced lunch. Even if your child qualified last year, you need to re-apply every year. APPLY HERE: https://www.myschoolapps.com/
Morning Drop-off
- Our car rider line will begin accepting students into the building at 7:10 a.m.
- If you are running late, staying in the car rider line is the most efficient and safe way for your child to arrive. For safety purposes, do not walk across the car rider line. This keeps traffic moving and prevents children from walking in between vehicles. Parents who are dropping their children in the car rider line are focused on their child exiting their vehicle and may not be aware of children crossing.
- To ensure an efficient flow of traffic, please have your child ready to exit your vehicle. Students should have their needed items easily accessible. Please have your child ready to exit the passenger side of your vehicle. This is the safest and most efficient way for your child to exit. All parents should remain inside their vehicle.
Afternoon pick-up
- To help expedite the car line and ensure a smoother pickup experience, Runyan staff members will only call names from vehicles in the line on Foster Drive. Please refer to the map below for proper flow of traffic. Please note that we will not be calling cars that are traveling on Cedar Crossing Drive. Parents who do not follow this procedure will be directed to return to the line on Foster Drive so their student can be entered into the system. We appreciate your cooperation!
- This procedure helps improve the efficiency of our car rider line and reduce wait times for everyone. All cars should be entering Foster Dr. from 1314/Porter Rd. Also, we ask that you do not use private property such as private driveways to turn around when getting in the car rider line.
Walkers are defined as students who will be walking to school instead of riding in a car. For safety, all walkers should use the school sidewalks and enter through the main entrance.
Click the link below to register for the bus and to find out your child’s bus number. We recommend you complete this process even if you think your child will not ride the bus.
Please allow up to 3-5 days for your child's route to take effect. At the beginning of the year the volume of route changes are higher than normal therefore we appreciate your patience.
Our new Runyan Website is available and information is also available in the Conroe ISD app! This app will take the place of all classroom and school communication for the 2025-2026 school year. It provides parents the opportunity to toggle between different schools in one location and will allow two-way communication with teachers.
- Download the new Conroe ISD app in your device’s app store and begin customizing the pages and news you want to see.
Additionally, in the coming weeks, you will receive information about our new mass communication system called Alerts. Be on the lookout for texts from 98900 when the new system is implemented. Emails and texts may have a slightly different look, but they’ll still contain all the great information we share. These transitions are part of a bigger initiative to bring efficiency to the District’s communication platforms, and there are more exciting updates to come!
