ARRIVAL & DISMISSAL PROCEDURES

TRANSPORTATION FORM

In early August, you will be asked to provide the School with your child’s daily arrival and dismissal plan. It will be sent to you as an electronic form and will be due in mid-August. It is very important that the School has your child’s plan before the school year begins. If you plan on using public school district transportation, you must also complete your school district’s transportation request forms found on their website. (This is a new policy this year, and not all districts have their forms online.) During the school year, if there is a change to your child’s transportation plan for that day, please complete the Student Attendance + Transportation Changes form on Veracross by noon that same day. If you have questions, please email Lower School Administrative Assistant Bethann DiGiovanni at bdigiovanni@friendscentral.org or call 610.642.7575.

ARRIVAL PROCEDURES

Morning Supervision 7:30-8:30 am

From 7:30-8:00 am, children go to the gym for Before Care.

Teachers are not supervising the car loop during this time.

Children who can get out of the car independently may be dropped off at the curb of the car loop. Please watch as they walk to the gym. If your child cannot exit without assistance, please park in the main lot and walk them in. There is no parking in the car loop. From 8:00-8:30 am, teachers and administrators are on duty in front of the gym. Grades K-5 families can drive through the car loop, where drop-off is facilitated by adults or park and walk in. Nursery and PK families should park in the lot and walk their child to designated entrances.

Car Loop Guidelines: w Adults driving the car should not get out of their vehicles. w Children must be ready to exit when an FCS staff member opens the door. Children should not be eating, their jackets should be on, and their bags should be close by. w All children exiting should be in the curbside seat or be ready to exit curbside. w Children should not be let out on the opposite side from the curb. w Parents/caregivers must wait until the car in front of them has pulled away before moving. w There is no cell phone use during drop-off or pick-up. w There is no parking in the car loop. If you need extended drop-off time or your child needs assistance buckling or unbuckling their car seat, we ask that you park during drop-off and pick-up instead of going through the car loop. This procedure is designed to keep your children safe by ensuring the adult who is transporting them properly secures each child into their individual car seat as it is designed.

w School Begins at 8:30 am

All FCS staff members will leave the car loop at 8:30 am so they can begin their daily responsibilities.

Please note: when there is a two-hour delayed opening, early drop-off begins at 10:00 am. School will not be open before 10 am.

Late Arrivals

From 8:30-8:45 am, FCS security officers will be at the entrance door next to the gym to make sure children get inside the building, but they will NOT be curbside to aid children getting out of the car.