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Afternoon Dismissal Procedures

  • All students, K-8, will dismiss from their classroom to the school gym every afternoon.
  • All students including those going to Aftercare, children of staff and parents who volunteer in the afternoons will be seated in the gym until 3:15 when they will be dismissed to join their parents.
  • No child will be dismissed prior to 3:15 through the door connecting the school hallway and the gym.
  • Cars will not be allowed to park in the lot in front of the middle school after 2:30.
  • There will be two options for pick-up:
  1. Walk to the gym door for pick-up
           -  Park your car in the parking lot by the playground

           -  Walk down the sidewalk in front of the school to the gym door between the 8th grade classroom and the     

              music room
           -  A staff member will meet you at the door and call your child for dismissal
           -  Once dismissed to parent, child is not permitted back into the gym until 3:15
 
  1. Drive through the car line for pick-up

           - Staff members will direct cars through the car line until the transition is made to the new dismissal           

               procedure
           -  Once in the car line, all parents must remain in car for pick-up to ensure the line moves quickly and safely
           -  Proceed past playground parking lot and turn right immediately after passing front lawn
           -  Staff members will call for students and load them in your car at the porch area by the Aftercare doors
           -  Cars will not be allowed to move until all cars in front of the porch are loaded
 


Principal's Note ...

At St. Mary's School, the safety of our students is of the utmost importance.  As the school year began, administration, faculty and staff became concerned about the safety of our dismissal procedures.  A committee of faculty and staff was appointed to research and design a safer, more efficient way of dismissing our students each afternoon.  After much thought and discussion, the administration, faculty and staff came together and agreed on the procedures as outlined.  Humans are creatures of habit and we fully understand that change can be difficult.  As we implement these changes, we ask for your patience, support, and understanding as we believe the new dismissal procedures will create a safer environment.  Parental support has always been a blessing at St. Mary's.  It is our hope that this transition will be yet another opportunity for the administration, faculty, staff, and parents to work together for the benefit of the children.


 

 

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