Parent Information

The following procedures have been established to provide a safe and efficient dismissal for all students. Please adhere to the following dismissal procedures for walkers and bikers.

• Walkers and bikers will be released at the North gate near the PK playground. No parking is allowed to pick up students in the walker area (unless under severe weather conditions). This impedes the functioning of school routines and the safety of students. The Sheriff’s department will issue a ticket.
   
• As a courtesy to parents, for younger children, we will hold the child in the walker area until they see a parent or designated adult/sibling to walk with them. Please notify your child’s teacher if you wish for them to be held until someone comes for them.
   
• If you request that the student be held for someone to walk with them, if no one comes by 3:10, the student will be placed in the car rider line to wait for the designated person to pick up from the office. The individual will be asked to provide identification to the office personnel and must be listed on the pickup form provided by the parent/guardian when registering the student before a student is released.
   
• When severe weather threatens, all students will be kept under cover and will not be released until the weather clears or an adult picks them up. No GTE students will be able to walk home during severe weather conditions.

The following procedures have been established to provide a safe and efficient dismissal for all students. Please adhere to these dismissal procedures for the car line.

• Car riders must be picked up in the car line. No parking to pick a student up. This impedes the functioning of school routines and the safety of students. The Sheriff’s department will issue a ticket.
   
• All vehicles will maintain one line in the driveway and must display a pickup sign on the driver’s side windshield. Car signs will be provided by the school for all car riders.
   
• If a vehicle does not display a sign on the windshield the driver will be instructed to stay in the line and park in the parking lot. The individual will be asked to provide identification to the office personnel and the driver must be listed on the pickup form provided by the parent/guardian when registering the student before a student is released. The driver will be issued a sign to display in the windshield and instructed to proceed to the end of the line.
   
• As the car line moves forward a staff member will call the students’ name and pickup station number. The driver should pull forward to the number where the student (s) will meet the car. A staff member will open the car door for the student and as soon as all cars are safely loaded the vehicles will be instructed to pull forward. Exiting the car line and driving around loading cars is not permitted.
   
• If there is a delay in finding a student, the parents will be instructed to park in the parking lot as the line moves and we will locate the student. The student will be escorted to the car.

Traffic patterns for the car line:

The car line will form on 44th Terrace SW. Please set a good example for our students by joining the end of the line.

• Refrain from using 26th Place SW. The street must remain open for buses and local traffic only. (Please do not block the street, this will delay the buses).
   
• The dismissal bell rings at 3:00. Please be patient and follow the desired traffic patterns, this is fair to everyone and helps maintain the safety of all children.