Delayed Openings, Early Closing, etc.

(Click on the school bus for status of school delays or closings)

Bus Numbers Updated 8/22/08

Bus Routes are subject to change during the school year

L13-Head Start, 598, 599, 600, 602,

603, 606, 625, 633, 635

601-Wee Care, 604-Trinity Daycare, 605-Kiddie Academy

Van Pick-ups

Kinder Care, Pallotti, Karate Academy, Martial Arts World, Rehoboth Tutoring Service

*Patrol Program is coordinated by Ms. Santuccio

Arrival & Dismissal Procedures

ARRIVAL AT SCHOOL

    Students may arrive at school at 7:20am. and line up at the front of the building.  If you transport your child to school by car, please turn into the side parking lot and pull up along the school sidewalk in order to drop your child off where a staff member will be waiting until 7:50am.  Please do not park here.  Your child can then proceed to the entrance.  For safety reasons, the semi-circular bus lane will be closed to cars until 2:30 p.m. or Administrators discretion. Students will be admitted at 7:30 a.m.  Breakfast program will begin at 7:20am until 7:45am.  If your child arrives at 7:40am (unless a bus is late), they will not receive breakfast.  In the event of inclement weather (precipitation or temperatures below 32 degrees F), all students will be admitted to the building prior to 7:30 a.m.

DISMISSAL

    Walkers and car riders are dismissed after 1:50pm. Bus students are dismissed beginning at 1:55 p.m. so they can board buses and leave the grounds as soon as they are loaded.  For student’s safety, the circle and parking lot will be closed to cars from 7:20 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.  We recommend, for safety reasons, that you pick up car riders at the side parking lot.  Instruct your child to exit the building and walk to the left.  You may either pull-up alongside the sidewalk or park in the lot and walk to meet your child.  A staff member will be present to help supervise your child as he/she enters your vehicle.  Some parents prefer to park and meet their children there.  In the interest of safety, no child will be permitted to cross into the lot unless accompanied by an adult, unless he/she crosses at the corner where a crossing guard is in attendance.  Please be patient during the first week of school, because students are learning new routines and dismissal takes much longer.  By the second week of school, routines are generally established and departure occurs in a much more timely fashion.

SAFETY OF STUDENTS

    If your child rides the bus, please remember that the school system does not have the facilities for monitoring bus stop behavior.  It is the parents responsibility.  Bus drivers will monitor behavior of riders as best they can while paying attention to traffic and driving.  Volunteer student bus patrols serve on each bus.  If a problem occurs on the bus, the bus driver will write a discipline referral and the principal or assistant principal will confer with the student to resolve the problem.  Riding the bus is a privilege and bus suspension can occur if a student exhibits behavior problems on the bus.

    For walkers, a crossing guard is posted at Dorset Road.  Volunteer student patrols assist in crossing children.

    Students riding bicycles to school must have written permission on file in the office.  Scotchtown Hills Elementary School takes no responsibility for stolen bikes.  There are bicycle racks in the front of the school. STUDENTS SHOULD LOCK THEIR BICYCLES.

EARLY DEPARTURES

    Please send a note if you will be picking up your child before 1:30 p.m. or if someone other than the parent or guardian will be picking up your child.  We encourage you to pick your child up before 1:30pm, so that we will be able to focus on bus dismissal and end-of-the-day routines.  If you come after 1:30pm, you will have to wait until after bus dismissal to receive your child.  For safety reasons, we will not be able to release students to persons other than the parent or legal guardian without a note from you.