These procedures have been established to help insure that all children are safe from the time they are dismissed from their classroom until they arrive home: A note or phone call is required for a student to go anywhere other than their normal destination. For example: If a student normally rides Bus #17, then that student should always ride Bus #17, unless the parent sends a note or calls the school. Notes are preferred. Without a note or phone call from the custodial parent, the child will be sent home in the usual manner. Any parent wishing to pick-up their child prior to 3:20 p.m. will be considered “leaving early” and should report to the office upon arrival at school. Their children will be called to the main office upon request. Each teacher has been instructed not to release a student from class without a call from the office. Car riders: Any student who will be riding home in a car will be dismissed at 3:20 p.m. Car drivers (parents, guardians, parent designees, etc) should park the car (not in the bus lane) and come into the lobby area/cafeteria. From 3:05-3:15 each day a staff member will be writing a checklist of adults present to pick-up students who will be riding home in a car. No student will be allowed to go with another parent unless the school has a note stating who will be picking them up after school. The children will come to the lobby for dismissal. Drivers are requested to load their cars quickly to avoid traffic congestion with the arrival of the school buses. Walkers: These students will be dismissed via announcement at 3:20 p.m. and will use the doors leading toward the alley. Walkers are not to get in cars to ride home. Walkers will not be permitted to use the gate on the playground to cross the tracks to Maryland Avenue. CSX regulations prohibit our children to cross the tracks anywhere but a railroad designated crossing area. Bus Students: Students who will board buses will be called from the cafeteria or gym upon the arrival of the buses.