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Barrackville Elementary/Middle School Arrival and Dismissal Procedures 2023-2024

ARRIVAL – STUDENTS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED IN THE BUILDING UNTIL 8 AM-DOORS WILL REMAIN LOCKED.  THERE IS NO STAFF SUPERVISION PRIOR TO 8 AM.

STUDENTS SHOULD BE ON CAMPUS BY 8:15 AM.

PARENTS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO ENTER THE SCHOOL OR WALK STUDENTS INTO THE SCHOOL.

THE CHURCH OF CHRIST PARKING LOT IS FOR STAFF.  STUDENTS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO BE DROPPED OFF IN THAT LOT.   PARENTS THAT CHOOSE TO WALK THEIR CHILD TO THE FENCE MUST PARK AT BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH AND USE THE FRONT CROSSWALK.  THEY WILL NOT BE PERMITTED INSIDE THE FENCED AREA OF THE CAMPUS.  STAFF WILL BE LOCATED AT THE FRONT AND SIDE OF THE SCHOOL TO ASSIST STUDENTS INTO THE BUILDING.

PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN PARENTS MAY ACCOMPANY THEIR CHILD INTO THE SCHOOL ON THE FIRST DAY ONLY.   AFTER THE FIRST DAY, PARENTS THAT CHOOSE TO WALK THEIR CHILD TO THE FENCE MUST PARK AT BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH AND USE THE FRONT CROSSWALK.  THEY WILL NOT BE PERMITTED INSIDE THE FENCED AREA OF THE CAMPUS.

PARENT DROP OFF WILL OCCUR IN THE METHODIST CHURCH PARKING LOT BEGINNING AT 8 AM.  THIS IS FOR STUDENT DROP OFF ONLY. PARENTS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO EXIT THEIR VEHICLE IN THIS AREA.  THEY MUST FOLLOW THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO ENSURE STUDENT SAFETY.

THE FRONT LOOP IS FOR BUS ARRIVAL ONLY- PARENTS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO DROP OFF IN THIS AREA.

ALL ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WILL ENTER THROUGH THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING BEGINNING AT 8AM AND REPORT TO HOMEROOM.

ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL ENTER THROUGH THE ANNEX SIDE OF THE BUILDING BEGINNING AT 8AM AND REPORT TO HOMEROOM.

IF STUDENTS NEED A GRAB AND GO BREAKFAST – THOSE STUDENTS WILL ENTER THROUGH THEIR DESIGNATED ENTRY AND GO TO THE GYM TO GET BREAKFAST THEN PROCEED THEIR DESIGNATED AREA TO WAIT FOR HOMEROOM.

STUDENTS EATING HOT BREAKFAST- STUDENTS WILL ENTER THROUGH THEIR DESIGNATED ENTRY AND REPORT TO THE CAFTERIA.  

DISMISSAL- THIS TIME OF DAY IS EXTREMELY BUSY.  WE DISMISS OVER 350 STUDENTS IN FIFTEEN MINUTES.  PLEASE HELP US KEEP EVERYONE SAFE AND FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES BELOW.

IF DISMISSAL PLANS CHANGE, PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY TO CALL THE OFFICE, PLEASE CALL BY 2:15. PLEASE SEND A NOTE TO YOUR CHILD’S TEACHER INFORMING THEM OF CHANGES.  IF WE DO NOT HAVE A NOTE OR CALL FROM A PARENT, SCHOOL PERSONNEL WILL NOT CHANGE THEIR NORMAL DISMISSAL ROUTINE. 

 3:09 WALKERS ARE DISMISSED

3:10 BUS DEPARTURE BEGINS

3:15 PARENT PICK-UP BEGINS

PARENTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID COMING TO THE SCHOOL TO PICK UP STUDENTS AFTER 2:30 PM DUE TO NEW DISMISSAL PROCEDURES.

THE FRONT LOOP WILL BE BLOCKED OFF AT 2:45 PM. PLEASE DO NOT BLOCK TRAFFIC ON PIKE STREET. IF YOU ARE EARLY, PLEASE PARK IN ONE OF ONE CHURCH PARKING LOTS UNTIL PICK-UP STARTS.

BUS DISMISSAL BEGINS AS BUSES ARRIVE AT 3:08 PM TO THE MAPLE AVENUE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

PARKING IS PROHIBITED ON MAPLE AVENUE DURING DISMISSAL DUE TO BUS ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE. PLEASE KEEP THIS AREA CLEAR.

PARENT PICK-UP WILL BE IN THE FRONT LOOP OF THE SCHOOL IN TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC. PARENTS MUST BE IN A VEHICLE AND NO PARENTS WILL BE PERMITTED TO WALK UP TO THE BUILDING TO RETRIEVE STUDENTS. PARENTS WILL BE GIVEN A STUDENT CARD TO PLACE ON THEIR DASHBOARD AND STUDENTS WILL BE CALLED AS PARENTS ARRIVE.   DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR PATIENCE DURING PARENT PICK UP-IT DOES RUN SMOOTHLY IF EVERYONE FOLLOWS THE PROCEDURES THAT ENSURE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE.

DUE TO CONGESTION AND CARS BLOCKING ENTRANCES AND EXITS, THE CHURCH PARKING LOTS ARE CLOSED UNTIL 3 PM.  PARENTS MAY LINE UP IN THE BETHESDA BAPTIST AND METHODIST CHURCH LOTS BEGINNING AT 3 AND WILL BE DISMISSED AT 3:15 TO LOOP IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL.  PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE LOTS ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY AND IF PROBLEMS WITH BLOCKING CONTINUES, WE WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO USE THESE LOTS.  HELP US BE GOOD NEIGHBORS SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO USE THOSE LOTS.

SCHOOL PERSONNEL THAT WORK PARENT PICK-UP ARE FAMILIAR WITH PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS THAT ROUTINELY PICK UP STUDENTS. IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE ELSE PICKING UP YOUR STUDENTS YOU MUST:  1. SEND A NOTE WITH YOUR CHILD SPECIFYING WHO IS PICKING THEM UP. 2. THE PERSON PICKING THEM UP MUST HAVE A NOTE FROM YOU SAYING THEY HAVE YOUR PERMISSION. 3. THE INDIVIDUAL PICKING YOUR CHILD UP MUST BE LISTED ON THEIR SCHOOL FORM AS AN ADULT ABLE TO PICK THEM UP. IF THESE THREE CRITERIA ARE NOT MET, DISMISSAL WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL WE MAKE CONTACT WITH YOU/PARENT/GUARDIAN.

WALKERS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO WALK TO VEHICLES IN THE PARKING LOTS. WALKERS ARE STUDENTS WHO WALK UNACCOMPANIED HOME. STUDENTS WILL EXIT THROUGH IN 4 AREAS.

               FRONT DOOR-CROSS WITH THE CROSSING GUARD ON PIKE STREET

               MAPLE AVENUE

               PLAYGROUND SIDEWALK- CROSS AT ICE STREET WITH STAFF

               ANNEX SIDEWALK EXIT THROUGH CHURCH PARKING LOT WITH STAFF

STUDENTS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO WALK TO MEET CARS PARKED ALONG THE ROAD IN THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL BY THE SOFTBALL FIELD.  STUDENTS WILL WALK TO THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL AND CROSS AT THE STUDENT CROSSING ON ICE STREET WITH A DESIGNATED STAFF MEMBER. 

STUDENTS WHO HAVE YOUNGER SIBLINGS WILL GO TO THE ELEMENTARY HOMEROOM TO RETRIEVE THEIR YOUNGER SIBLINGS. STUDENTS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO WAIT OUTSIDE.  PARENTS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO WALK UP THE BUILDING TO WAIT FOR STUDENTS WHO WALK HOME.  IF YOU ARE MEETING YOUR CHILD TO WALK HOME WITH THEM, PLEASE DO SO IN THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL AT THE ICE STREET CROSSWALK. 

IF A PARENT NEEDS TO PICK UP A STUDENT FOR AN APPOINTMENT OR SICKNESS- THEY MUST CALL THE MAIN OFFICE WHEN THEY ARRIVE AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL WILL GIVE THEM FURTHER DIRECTION BEFORE ENTERING THE BUILDING. IF A STUDENT NEEDS TO ARRIVE LATE TO SCHOOL- THE PARENT MAY PULL INTO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND CALL THE MAIN OFFICE AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL WILL GIVE THEM FURTHER DIRECTION BEFORE ENTERING THE BUILDING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION

BARRACKVILLE SCHOOL

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