Attendance, Arrival, & Dismissal Attendance – We expect your child to be at school and on time every day. If your child is ill, please email your child’s teacher/advisor and attendance@sffriendsschool.org before 9:00 a.m. If we do not hear from you by 9:00 and your child is marked absent, we will call you to confirm the absence. If your child needs to leave school during the school day, please email attendance@sffriendsschool.org or provide permission in writing, with the name of the person who will be picking your child up. Your child will have a more pleasant and successful experience in school if s/he arrives on time and can settle into the daily routine with the rest of the class. Teachers send the class attendance lists to the front desk each morning. If your child arrives late to school, please remind him/her to check in at the front desk before going to his/her classroom so that we know to reconcile the child as a late/tardy arrival rather than absent. Please don’t take your child out of school for family vacations. You’ll impact his/her ability to succeed at school and disrupt the flow of the school year, of which each and every day is important. Arrival/Dismissal – Arrival: Each morning, beginning at 8:00 a.m., Lower School students enter through the South Gate while Middle School students enter through the North Gate. We strongly urge you to walk, take public transportation, ride a bike, or arrive in a carpool. If you are arriving by car, anticipate a wait; please come southbound on Valencia Street, and pull up to the concrete loading island, where a staff member will meet your child and guide them into school. Be very careful of bicyclists in the designated bike lane. If you arrive late to school, please legally park your car and bring your child(ren) to the front desk; the Front Desk Clerk will make sure your child gets to class. During morning drop-off, it is prohibited to drive down either of the side alleys of Brosnan Street or Clinton Park. Dismissal: If you have more than one child to pick up, please arrive at the later pick-‐up time. You must have your safety seats on the passenger side of the car, in the rear seat; please do not get out of the car. We’ll help Kindergartners get buckled up; 1st- through 8th-Graders should be able to fasten their seat belts by themselves. During afternoon pick-up, drivers are not permitted to use Brosnan Street; they can use Clinton Park. However, drivers cannot queue on Clinton Park prior to dismissal time, nor can we allow more than six cars on Clinton Park at any one time. Please note that we are limited to 8-10 cars lining up during dismissal on Clinton Park. If you see a staff member restricting access to Clinton Park this means we are at capacity and you should please circle the block. This means to go down Duboce, Valencia, then back around via 15th St and then onto Guerrero.
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