Building Procedures

Arrival/Drop Off 
Students will enter school no earlier than 7:50 am. Students will walk down the hallway to the gym. They will sit with their class until they get picked up by their teacher at 8:04 AM. Support staff will be assigned to strategic posts for supervision. The tardy bell is at 8:10 AM. All students who arrive after 8:10 AM are marked tardy. Students who come to school after 8:10 AM need to be signed in at the office.

Dismissal/Pick Up
Teachers are responsible for seeing each and every student dismissed daily. Students may not leave the line until contact is made with the teacher. If parents are picking up their student they MUST talk with the teacher first.

At dismissal, if a student is a walker, but gets into a car anywhere on the Edison block (Lake, Russell, Jackson, Cottage) or the parking lot, including the church and business parking across the street, they will become a pick up and put in the pick up line daily.

Morning Arrival:
Doors to the building will open at 7:50am. Please note, there is NO supervision prior to 7:50am. 
The tardy bell will ring at 8:08am. 

• Students arriving after this time will need to be escorted to the office through the main entrance by an adult to sign in. 
• Please do not drop and go. 
• Park, walk your student in, sign them in, and then leave. 
• Walkers may walk to school at 7:50am and get in line at the entrance that faces Cottage Avenue. Walkers should not arrive prior to 7:50am.
• Drop off
  • Our parking lot is a one-way parking lot.  

     

  • Enter at the east end of the lot (closest to Russell St.) and exit at the west end of the lot (closest to Cottage Ave.) 
  • There is a drop off lane on the right-hand side of the lane in front of the school.
  • The drop off lane is striped with a yellow line. Please pull forward as far as you can in that lane (the first car will need to leave room to exit so don't pull up to the curb).   

     

  • No one will be allowed out of vehicles prior to 7:50am. 

  • When students exit vehicles, they will walk to the entrance door on the west side of the building (facing Cottage Ave.)​

Afternoon Dismissal (also ½ days):

• Dismissal begins at 3:10pm
• There will be no dismissal changes nor pickups beginning at 2:45pm. 
  • Half day dismissal begins at 11:20am with no dismissal changes nor pickups beginning at 10:55am.
• Only the office can make dismissal changes, please do not message teachers directly.
• Since we have a separate bus loading and pick up area, we can dismiss all beginning at 3:10pm. 
• Staff will walk their bus rider students/walker students to the buses and complete the full loop. 
• Other staff will be in the hallway with the pick up students. 
• Walkers will stay with their class and be dismissed after the bus loop at the event doors on the east end of the building.  Students will walk down the sidewalk along the front driveway to the crossing guard at the corner of Lake Street and Russell Street. No walkers should enter vehicles or they will become a pick up daily.
• Once the vehicle has passed the concrete walk to the main office, students will be called out to enter their cars. They will only be called out once their ride is in the pick up zone.

(same as the drop zone above).

Early Pick Up
When possible, please call ahead and inform the office staff that your child is going to be picked up early so that necessary contacts are made. The adult picking up will need to come into the main office and sign the student out. End of the day early pick up must occur prior to 2:45 PM to avoid congestion in the main office during regular dismissal.

Dismissal Changes
For safety reasons, in the event of a dismissal change, we will not go by student reported changes, a parent/guardian must contact the office. Notification of dismissal changes must occur to the office prior to 2:45. Individuals picking up your child must be documented on their student profile and authorized pick up list. Students may only ride home on buses that they are assigned to.

In the event of a dismissal change, please contact the main office. Individuals picking up your child must be documented on their student profile and authorized pick up list.

Sick Office Visit 
If your child arrives at the office (teacher or student requested) due to illness, secretaries will complete a temperature check. If your child has a temperature of greater than 100.0 degrees fahrenheit, they will be contacting parents/guardians and request for pick up. It is important that the emergency contact list is up to date in order to ensure timely care and prevention of illness spreading. If your child does not have a temperature, we will make reasonable efforts to keep your child at school. 

If they are unable to participate in classroom instruction due to illness, secretaries will be contacting parents/guardians and request for pick up. Due to space limitations, the office will not be able to accommodate students that are needing to rest.