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… > Parents > Pick-Up and Drop-Off Protocols

Pick-Up and Drop-Off Protocols

Students may be dropped off in front of the school starting at 8:00am. If students are attending  early care, which includes breakfast, they may be dropped off starting at 7:30.

If you prefer to park in the rear of the school, please walk your student to the front. Students may walk onto the inner campus when the first bell rings at 8:10. Classes start promptly at 8:20. Parents in the Sweetpea and Dandelion may walk to their classrooms at 8:05 to wait near their classroom in order to provide a less hectic start to the younger child’s day.

Drop off protocol via car line: Please pull as far forward as possible when dropping off your child so that there are less cars waiting in the street. Have your student ready to exit the car. Students should walk to the sidewalk nearest their car and proceed to the front area.

Pick up protocol via the car line:  Please pull as far forward as possible to allow more cars into the pickup line. Do not ask your child to enter your car at the far corner. For the safety of all, please have your child enter the car in the designated area.

Pick up on Campus: Parents are asked to wait until 3:10 (1:10 on Thursdays and other early dismissal days) before walking onto the inner campus. If you are not picking up your child directly from their classroom, please plan to reunite with them via the drive up pick up line or park in the rear and walk to the front to meet them. Students are not permitted in the back parking area unless escorted by an adult. We ask that everyone use the front two gates for pick up and drop off.

Parking on Campus: You can park behind the school in our parking lot, but not on Vintage lane. If you are here for a short time, you may park in the areas on the school side that have “no parking signs”. We understand parking can be difficult, but please do not park along the right side of Vintage Lane. That is a road and there is no shoulder and our neighbors must be able to access their homes and businesses safely.

Beginning at 3:30 (1:30 on Thursday and other early dismissal days), the furthest side gate (closest to the playground) will be available for pick up from Aftercare.

Please note: students not picked up by 3:25/1:25 will be asked to wait in Aftercare.

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