Car Riders

Procedure: Car rider procedures will remain the same as last year. Cars for morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up will use the secondary entrance to access the loading/unloading zone behind the school.

Morning: From 7:30 until 8:00 AM, use the second driveway for unloading. Students cannot exit the vehicle until the car is at the unloading zone and an adult is present on duty. Please have your child open their own door and exit the car. We are encouraging students who walk or ride in a car to arrive by 7:45 AM so they can begin morning work and complete computer activities. Pre-K and kindergarten students will be escorted by school personnel from car line to their classrooms and/or breakfast.

Older students will be supervised by staff members as they make their way to the lunchroom or classroom. Students eating breakfast must arrive before 8:00 AM. The gate to the unloading zone is closed by a police officer at 8:15. Students must be in their classroom when the tardy bell rings at 8:00 AM. We will issue your child a tardy slip from the back circular drive from 8:00-8:15 AM. Parents cannot park or leave their car unattended at any time. All visitors must report to the office (main driveway) for a visitor's badge before entering the school building.

Afternoon: Starting at 2:30 PM, you may begin to arrive at the second driveway entrance. We continue to require all parents to remain in their cars at all times to make the afternoon pick-up process faster. For safety reasons, the car pick-up line cannot begin to form prior to 2:30 PM. If you pick up your child in a car on a daily basis, you will be provided a school-issued sign with the name of your child(ren) for your car window. You must have the school-issued sign (not a home-made one) placed on your windshield during pick-up. Again, car riders will be dismissed beginning at 2:45 PM at the car rider location on the back of the campus. All students must be off campus by 3:00 PM. At no time can a car be parked or left unattended on the back campus. All visitors must report to the office for a visitor's badge before entering the school building.

Changes in Transportation: We regret that we cannot accept changes in a child's transportation over the telephone. Due to the enormous volume of calls we receive daily, and concern for the safety of our students, any changes in transportation will have to be submitted in writing to your child's teacher to authorize us to send your child home a different way than he/she travels daily. Changes cannot be made via e-mail because the teacher might not check e-mail and in case of subs, they would not receive the message.

Traffic Patterns: Please note that the Hahira Police Department has established traffic patterns that prohibit certain turns during posted times of the day. This is done to protect walking students. Parents leaving the car line are prohibited from turning right between the hours of 7:30 until 8:15 AM and 2:45 until 3:15 PM. Parents leaving the main entrance are prohibited from turning left during that same time. Also, during these hours, through traffic is one-way heading north except for buses. We regret any inconvenience, but this is done to protect the safety of our walking students.

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