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Admittance - School Hours

• The school opens at 7:00 am. You may drop your child off between 7:00 am and 8:30 am.
• When you bring your child to school in the morning, please be as quiet as possible. We are located in a residential area, and we operate under a conditional use permit. It is important that we maintain the good will of our neighbors.
• When you drop off your child, please pull into the circular driveway, as far in as possible, and then turn your engine off.
• You may park in the circular driveway for quick drop-offs only. Please be considerate of those who are parked behind you.
• If you must stay inside the school for longer than 3 minutes, then please park on the street.
• There is no parking allowed behind staff cars on school property.
• Entrance to the driveway is always from the north side - exiting out of the south.

  

• Your child must be brought into the office upon arrival. NEVER leave your child without first seeing the staff member in charge.
• It is a state regulation that you must sign your full name on the sign-in sheets when you drop off and pick up your child. The children are not allowed to sign themselves in or out of school.

Academic Program - Tardiness

• The academic program begins at 8:30 am. Most of the pre-activity orientation occurs during the first fifteen minutes of class.
• The tone of your child's day depends on proper introduction to social interaction. The structure of our program is such that tardy children are a disruption to the class. Your child may feel insecure walking into an already working class. The teacher may not be free to greet the child properly.
• If you should arrive to school late, allow a staff member in the office to take your child to class. It is very disruptive to the classroom work time when parents make interruptions.
• Our program is not designed as a drop-in service. Parents of students who are habitually late will be asked to consider finding another school where drop-ins don't disrupt their program.

Dismissal - School Hours

• The school closes at 6:00 pm SHARP!
• You must arrange to pick up your child by 6:00 pm. Staff members who close the school are not paid after 6:00 pm. They are on their own time if they are forced to baby-sit for tardy parents.
• These staff members have homes, class or appointments to get to like everyone else. It is unfair to keep them on the job after their shift ends.
• The school has a late pick-up fee schedule which is designed to discourage late pick-ups. The fee schedule is as follows:

After 6:00 pm pick-up fees are payable directly to the staff member who stayed, on the same day!

• No child will be released to anyone other than a parent or person whose name appears on the emergency form unless specific arrangements have been made with the office.
• A written note must be sent to the office, signed by the parent, stating the name of the person to whom the child should be released. This person should be able to identify him/herself.
• If your child is enrolled in the 2:30 pick-up program, we ask that you be prompt in picking up. At 2:30 your child will be sent to the office to await pick-up.
• We base our staff/child ratio on students signed up for the afternoon program. We are understaffed if 2:30 children are not picked up on time. There is a $20.00 per half hour charge for parents who are late. You will be billed.

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