Arrival and Dismissal

Your child’s safety and success in school are very important to us. Therefore we are implementing the following arrival and pick up procedures.

Please note: If you need to enter the building during drop off or pick up, please use the parking spaces in front of the playground.

If your student’s transportation method home will be different than what was indicated during the registration process, you must inform your child’s classroom teacher AND call the school office before 2:00 p.m.

Use of cell phones in a school zone is prohibited. Thank you for your cooperation and we look forward to a safe and successful school year!

Parents will enter school drive on Central Park at Lotus. This will be the only entrance to the parking lot with the flow of traffic being a one way direction.
Cars will follow the drive and pull forward to the front of the building. Cars should pull all the way down to ensure that we can unload several cars at once. There will be Ellis staff members along the sidewalk directing parents to pull forward and allow their child to unload.
Please do not stop in front of the main entrance, but continue to pull forward as far as you can. This will ensure that the line keeps moving efficiently.
All students will enter the Student Entrance (Door 1) off the parking lot. It is preferred that students exit the vehicle on the passenger side for safety.
Students will be directed to follow the sidewalk toward the parking lot, which is blocked off to vehicles.
If students need to exit from the driver side, students should walk around the front of their car to the sidewalk.
Once students exit their vehicle, follow the vehicle in front and exit out of the drive, obeying all traffic signs.

Please enter the parking lot at Central Park and Lotus and travel around the driveway in a single file line to the designated pick up area along the front of the building.
As you enter the parking lot, have your “Pick Up Card” visible so that an Ellis staff member will be able to identify your child and have them ready to load into your car.
Once your car is stopped in the pick up area, an Ellis staff member will guide your child to enter your car. It is preferred to have students enter the car in the backseat on the passenger’s side to ensure the safety of your child.
Under no circumstance, unless directed by an Ellis staff member, should a car exit the single-car line and pass cars that are loading students in front of them.
All cars will exit toward Lotus.

Special Directions for Kindergarten Families

When arriving at the various areas to greet your Kindergarten child (bus stop, car rider, or walker), your approved adult will show their “Pick Up Card” with the student’s number to ensure that kindergarten students are dismissed with their approved adult.
When Kindergarten bus riders exit the bus, the bus driver will verify that the number on the child’s backpack matches the number on the “Pick Up Card.”
If no “Pick up Card” is shown at time of bus drop off, the Kindergarten student may not be released from the bus. The parent/guardian will be contacted and required to pick their child up at the school at the end of the bus route.

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Bus Procedures

Walker Procedures

Car Rider Procedures

Dismissal

Bus Procedures

Walker Procedures

Car Rider Procedures

Special Directions for Kindergarten Families