ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL All children residing within Gayhead Elementary School boundaries are assigned to and are expected to ride the bus to and from school each day. There are times it may be necessary for you to transport your child. At those times, please follow the procedures outlined below. The procedures will provide a smooth and orderly arrival and dismissal. More importantly, they will help us provide a safer and more secure environment for your child. ARRIVAL Children may not be dropped off in the building prior to 8:50 a.m. as there is no supervision. The buses arrive at 8:50 a.m. and unload at that time. Announcements begin at 9:00 a.m. which officially begins the day. Children arriving after 9:00 a.m. are considered tardy and must report to the office to sign in and obtain a tardy pass. If the student does not sign in, the attendance cannot be changed from truant to tardy. It is very important that children arrive on time as very important information is presented at the onset of the school day and a tone is established for the day as well. When children miss that routinely, they are beginning their day at a disadvantage. DISMISSAL A note must be sent to school with your child each day he/she will not be taking their usual bus home. We will not have a call-in pick-up list. If a child does not have a note, he/she will be sent home on the bus. AM kindergarten children who have brought in a note for pick-up will be signed out and picked up in the main office. DISMISSAL – PARENT PICK-UP 1. Upon student arrival, notes are to be given to the classroom teacher who will then send them to the office in a special envelope. 2. The office will record the name of the child being picked up as well as the person who will be signing out the child on our pick up list 3. Teachers will also record the information on their “dismissal sheet” and use that information to dismiss their students. 4. The primary wing entrance on our lower level is the entrance for parent pick-ups at dismissal. 5. Children will be dismissed from their classrooms at 3:20 p.m. to report to the lower level. 6. Children will report to the three rooms as follows according to their last names: A through F Blue Room (next to the stairs) G through P Yellow Room (across from stairs) Q through Z Hallway near room 3 7. No children will be picked up until 3:25 p.m. 8. Doors to the pick up area will open for adults at 3:25. Parents will proceed to one or more of the dismissal rooms where they will sign the child out. 9. A staff member is assigned in each dismissal room to keep order among the children, to bring the student to the doorway of the room and turn the child over to the adult signing the child out. 10. The exchange of the child will be made after the adult signs. A legible sign-out is required. 11. At 3:35 remaining children will be brought upstairs. 12. We do appreciate that emergencies happen and will always do our very best to accommodate such unusual circumstances.