Due to the increasing number of students
being dropped off in the morning and picked up in the afternoon, here is a
reminder and update about our procedures.
Our number one goal at Onondaga Road is safety. The following procedures have been put in
place by our Shared Decision Making Team with students’ safety in mind. Thank
you for your support.
Arrival:
·
Students are allowed into the building at 9:00; there is no supervision for students until 9:00. Please be aware of this and avoid dropping
your child off earlier since we do not want students having to wait outside for
too long with no supervision.
·
Only students
eating breakfast in the cafeteria are allowed to enter at 8:50.
·
If you are walking/driving
your child to school, we appreciate you waiting outside (or in your car) until
9:00 when the rest of the students enter.
·
If you are
dropping your child off later than 9:10,
please escort him/her into the building and go directly to the nurse’s office
to sign in for the day.
·
If you need to
speak to a teacher in the morning, please call or email ahead of time, or send a
note so that the teacher can reach out to you at a convenient time. Our
teachers need to be in their classrooms promptly at 9:00.
Dismissal:
·
Beginning in January 2018, the main doors will open
for student pickup at 3:10. This will
be a significant change for some people, as we often have parents/guests arrive
much earlier to wait in the hallway for dismissal. You
will no longer be permitted to wait inside the building before 3:10. If you are here early, please understand you
must wait (in your car or outdoors) until the main doors are opened at 3:10.
·
At 3:10, enter
the building and go directly into the cafeteria where you will sign your child
out using the clipboard/chart provided.
Several copies will be available to minimize wait time.
·
Please send in a
note or call or email the school ahead
of time if you know you are picking up your child on any given day. For safety’s sake we need to have this
information in writing, and then we will also have your child ready to go with
the “walkers.”
·
Students being
picked up will be dismissed to the cafeteria and meet you there at 3:15.
·
Students riding
the buses or going to the YMCA program will be dismissed at 3:20.
Parking:
· Thank you for parking
in the designated parking spaces. Please
refrain from parking in neighboring lawns or non-designated spaces and leaving
room for the buses to enter.
We appreciate your support with arrival
and dismissal safety procedures. Please
contact us at school if you have questions or suggestions for added safety. Thank you so much!
