Arrival and Dismissal Reminders

Arrival and dismissal are two of the most concerning parts of our day -ensuring 730+ students enter or exit the building in a very small window of time means we ALL need to do our part. Please help us by remembering the following:

1. You are required to follow all posted traffic signs - we don't have special traffic rules when it comes to parking and turning on city streets. When parents decide to eschew traffic laws, they arecreating an unsafe environment for our children.

2. You CANNOT use the parking lot on S. Rice to drop your child off in the morning, nor to pick up your child in the afternoon - use the carpool lane.

3. You CANNOT park in the parking lot on S. Third during arrival or dismissal, use the carpool lane. Backing in and out of spots during these heavy traffic times is unsafe and inconsiderate.

4. When parking, do not block driveways, it's illegal and inconsiderate.

5. Do not drop your child off in the middle of the street and ask them to run across - it's unsafe and you are putting your child at risk of serious injury. We shouldn't have to wait for a terrible accident to happen to rethink our decisions, do the right thing now.

6. Avoid all time saving 'shortcuts' that you know aren't in our arrival and dismissal plan. You have have legal/safe options when it comes to dropping off and picking up your child, make sure you are choosing one of them.

Mornings and afternoons can be busy and waiting in line is no fun.  Take a few deep breaths, put on an interesting podcast, and enjoy the fact that when we all do our part we are keeping all of our children safe.

Thanks for making sure we do things the right way.