Drop Off/Pick Up
AM
Arrival 8:40-8:55
If your child is a car rider, please enter the JJ via the back entrance Halycon Road. Parents are not permitted to park at the library at any time for school business. We can accommodate six cars at a time in the drop off area. In order to keep the flow of traffic running smoothly, please have your child ready to go to ensure a quick drop off. Buses will enter the parking lot through the entrance by the library.
PM
Dismissal will be promptly at 3:35.
When dismissal procedures begin, we will not be able to accommodate student pick up from the office. If you arrive during dismissal you will be required to wait until all car riders are loaded before picking up your child. Any child picked up prior to dismissal will be considered tardy. All students will be placed into a car or signed out from the office by an adult on his/her contact list. Students will not be able to leave from dismissal area even with an adult that walks up to get them.
Bus Rider Information
To help your child be ready for bus transportation, please teach them the following:
- If your student misses the bus at their regular stop, do not follow the bus to the next stop and let your child walk/run beside the bus to get on. The driver cannot see the student in the danger zone, especially if it is dark and could possibly hit them as they pull away from the stop. Take your student to school.
- Make children stay at least 10 feet away from the bus until they begin to enter. Children will be able to see the driver and the driver can see them.
- If children must cross the street to the bus they should cross the street 10 feet (five giant steps) in front of the bus where they can see the driver and the driver can see them.
- Warn children that, if they drop something, they should never pick it up. Instead, they should tell the driver and follow the driver’s instructions. If they bend over to pick up a dropped object, they might not be seen by the driver and could be hurt if the driver pulls away from the stop.
- Remind children to look to the right before they step off the bus. Car drivers in a hurry sometimes try to sneak by the bus on the right hand side.
- Teach your child to secure loose drawstrings and other objects that may get caught in the handrail or door of the bus as they are exiting.
- If you meet your child at the bus stop after school, wait on the side where the child will be dropped off, not across the street. Children can be so excited at seeing you after school that they may dash across the street and forget the safety rules.
After School Program
Communities in Schools operates a before and after school program for students who need childcare. For more information, click here.