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Arrival & Departure Procedures

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ARRIVAL PROCEDURES 

School buses and vans use the bus loop to drop off children at the school entrance. Parents dropping off their children are asked to use the outer loop around the parking area. Beginning at 8:30 AM, adults supervise the children as they arrive. PreK AM/PM students will enter through the kindergarten wing and will be received by staff members at their designated arrival times (9:00 AM or 12:50 PM). All kindergarten through third grade students report to the gymnasium. Our third-grade safety patrol members meet  kindergarten and first grade students at the front door and escort them to the gym. Students arriving late (after 8:50 AM) must swipe in with an adult at Lobby Guard and report to the office. They will be signed in by a parent/guardian before proceeding to their classrooms.

DISMISSAL PROCEDURES 

PRE-KINDERGARTEN

TRANSPORTATION BY BUS: 

Students taking a bus home at 3:20 PM will be escorted to the kindergarten hallway by their classroom teacher and  paraprofessionals. Students will be assisted with boarding the bus by the paraprofessional assigned. 

DISMISSAL BY CAR:

Students being picked up by car exit through the kindergarten wing at the designated time (11:30 AM or 3:20 PM). Parents line up in cars in the bus loop at the designated sign. Vehicles should display the child’s name on a piece of paper in the front window so that we may  quickly match children with cars. Please make sure to move all the way up to the designated sign that is placed on the sidewalk. 

KINDERGARTEN - GRADES 3

 TRANSPORTATION BY BUS:

Students taking a bus home at 3:20 PM will line up in the  gymnasium. To assist the students with this process, at the start of the school year each bus student wears a laminated,  color-coded circle that represents his/her bus route and lines up  based on that color. Please tell your child’s teacher if your child needs a new circle. 

 DISMISSAL BY CAR:

Students being picked up by car exit the front doors at approximately 3:20. Parents line up in cars on the outer loop  around the parking area. Vehicles should display the child’s name on a piece of paper in the front window so that we may  quickly match children with cars. Please make sure to move  all the way to the green figure that is placed on the sidewalk, and  we ask that you do not block the crosswalk. 

For safety reasons, parents/guardians are asked not to enter the front during dismissal.

 

PICKUP PATROL:

We utilize an on-line program called PickUp Patrol. Parents must log on to the app and provide authorization for each day’s routine and emergency dismissal  procedures (bus, car pick up, YMCA aftercare, etc.). These procedures are in effect for the entire subsequent school year (Mahwah BOE Pupil Supervision After School  Policy 8601). Any permanent changes to the dismissal plan must be made via changes to Pickup Patrol. Daily changes should also be made via changes to Pick Up Patrol. The change will be noted online for the main office as well as for the classroom teacher.