ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL PROCEDURES

MORNING ARRIVAL – All students will be dropped off at the lower lot doors.  You may pull up to the curb and drop your child off or park IN THE UPPER PARKING LOT and walk your child to the doors. No parent will be allowed in the building per Homeland Security.  Please remember that the lower lot door opens at 7:55 am. No student should be dropped off at the lower doors BEFORE 7:55 am. If your child needs to come to school before 7:55, please make arrangements to attend our Before Care Program.

                  THERE WILL BE TWO DISTINCT MORNING DROP OFF PERIODS:

• Drop-off for grades 1 -8 takes place between 7:55 am - 8:10 am; lower parking lot doors.The lower lot door will be closed at 8:10 am. Any student (G1-G8 th ) who comes to school AFTER 8:10 will be considered late and must come through the main front entrance (Blue doors). Please see the lateness policy in the school Handbook.
• The lower lot doors will reopen from 8:15-8:30 am. For ECC students ONLY.
• All parents MUST drive down to the lower parking lot and let their children off at the curb. Children in grades 1-8 will go directly to the auditorium for morning assembly. Teachers will be stationed at critical points to assist in that transition. 
• Drop-off for grades Pk3, Pk4 & Kindergarten will take place between 8:15 am - 8:30 am; lower parking lot doors. ECC students will be met at the back doors and will be escorted directly to their classrooms.   
• Although it is unnecessary, parents who need to walk their children to the door must park in the upper lot and walk their children to the lower parking lot door. 
• NO PARKING IN THE LOWER LOT DURING MORNING DROP-OFF. THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.
• The main school entrance (blue gym doors) and Mosaic doors will be locked at all times.
• Late arrivals (any student in grades 1-8 who arrive AFTER 8:10 am) must ring the bell and enter through the main school entrance (Blue gym doors). They will be given a late pass. 
• No parking is allowed in handicap spaces without a legal handicap sticker. In New Jersey, the penalty for illegally parking in a handicap spot is $250. Subsequent offenses come with a minimum $250 fine or up to 90 days of community service.

AFTERNOON DISMISSAL - I ask for your continued cooperation and patience as we make dismissal as quick and safe as possible:

1. PreK3 to Kindergarten will dismiss at 2:45 pm through the lower lot doors.
   1. Please pick up your children and exit the back parking lot to allow for the next group of students to be dismissed.  
2. Grades 1 through 3 will dismiss at 3:00 pm through the lower lot doors
3. Grades 4 and 5 will dismiss at 3:00 pm through the Mosaic doors
4. Middle school will dismiss at 3:00 pm through the main front entrance (Blue doors)  
5. All students will stand in line with their homeroom teacher and will await being released directly to their parent/ guardian.

AT DISMISSAL: All parents are asked to park in the Upper Parking Lot, Geering Terrace, or the Lower Parking Lot behind the cones. No student will be permitted to leave or walk to a car. Homeroom Teachers must see students leave with a parent or guardian. Once you pick up your child, I ask that you leave promptly so that other parents may park and pick up their children.

• If your child's dismissal schedule changes or someone other than yourself is picking them up, please call the school's office and email the teacher to let us know AHEAD of dismissal time.

• NO Uber or Lyft services can be used to pick up your child.