Arrival/Dismissal Procedures

The school day begins at 8:05 AM. Please plan your morning so that you arrive as close to that time as possible. Valet drop off will take place on Land Place. Please DO NOT park on Land Place in the valet area. This will be a “drop and go” only.

**We need your help- please volunteer to assist on Land Place from 8:05-8:15 AM. If you are able to do so, please contact the PTA. Your assistance is appreciated! 

School Crossing Guards are placed at the following locations:

• Land Place and Oceanside Road
• Second Street and Waukena Avenue
• Windsor Parkway and Oceanside Road
• Waukena Avenue and Oceanside Road

Staff members open arrival doors from 8:05-8:15 AM. Students may enter the building at 8:05 AM after the first bell. At 8:15 AM, instruction will begin. All exterior building doors will be locked beginning at 8:15 AM. Parents may not accompany their children into the building unless they are attending a scheduled appointment. 

All students are permitted to enter through the Land Place door or our main doors on Oceanside Road. Bus students will be escorted through the main entrance of our building. 

For the safety of our students, please DO NOT stop/park your car on Oceanside Road in front of the building. You are not allowed to stop there unless you are given a blue parking pass. Additionally, please adhere to all traffic signs. U-turns are not permitted on Oceanside Road. 

After the first week of school, if students arrive at their classroom after 8:15 AM, they will be marked late. If a student is attending an early morning program, such as the breakfast program or music instruction, she or he is permitted to enter the building prior to 8:05 AM. Students attending early morning programs should arrive at appropriate times and enter through the front entrance. Please note that you may drop your child off in front of the school until 8:00 AM, for these early morning programs. The “No Stopping” restriction is in effect from 8:00AM-4:00PM. 

In order to ensure a smooth dismissal, we will continue with dismissal procedures that have been in place. 

Please arrange with your older children in Grades 4-6 to meet their younger siblings outside at the youngest child’s dismissal area. Be sure to let teachers know if siblings are responsible for each other at dismissal time. ONLY students in Grade 3 will be allowed to meet their younger sibling’s class inside the building before dismissal.

Please refer to the following for dismissal locations/times:

Grades 1 and 2 will be dismissed through the gym. Grade 3 will dismiss from the front door of the school. Classroom teachers will only dismiss students when they have seen the adult attending to pick up has arrived. Please notify the teacher in writing when someone else is picking up your child. In Grades 1-3 we will not allow a child to go home with anyone other than the parent unless indicated in writing. 

Please determine a meeting point for you and your child in Grades 4-6. All children are instructed to come back into the school to call home if they are unable to locate their parents at pick-up. 

More than ever it is crucial that you pick your child up on time.  Our capacity and personnel to handle late pick ups is limited. If you are late picking up, you must come to the office and sign him/her out at the front desk. All changes in dismissal plans must be in writing and submitted to the classroom teacher in advance. If there is an emergency, and a change in dismissal occurs during the school day please contact the main office as soon as possible at (516) 678-7581. Please DO NOT email the day of- there are many times that staff members are unable to check email during a busy day. 

Parents signing out their child(ren) during the school day for early dismissal must do so at the front desk. Parents are asked to produce identification. Unless we have been specifically directed by the parent to release child(ren) to some other designated person, children will only be released to parents/guardians. 

Children attending JCC or using regular bus transportation will meet at an announced location and will be escorted to their buses. Our CARES Program will be located at School #4 for the 2025-2026 school year.