Pick Up and Drop Off Safety Reminders
Student safety is paramount to the success of all Dysart students and schools. Ensuring that students are safe in all school environments is a priority for all Dysart staff. To assist parents and students with student safety during the critical times of pick up and drop off, safety procedures in the parking lot and pick up and drop off lane are provided by each school. Additionally, parents (when grandma or grandpa are transporting, be sure to share these procedures) and students should follow these guidelines:
· When entering the school from the West and waiting to turn into the parking lot, please stay in the designated traffic lane; keep the bike lane open and make sure your car is not in the crosswalk.
· When coming to the school from the East please adhere to all traffic laws including No Passing and the posted Speed Limit. Remember that traffic fines double in school zones. The posted signs in the streets were placed there by the police. PLEASE do not make any U-Turns.
· Follow the direction of school personnel while dropping off or picking up students. Pay attention to our hand motions instead of determining when you will or will not move forward.
· Students must enter and exit vehicles only on the curbside. Please do not have students walk around vehicles to enter or exit a vehicle.
· Parents and students are to cross the drop off lane only in designated areas. At no time should students or parents weave in between cars while crossing the drop off lane.
· When parking in the back parking lot during afternoon pick-up, please avoid walking in front of, or between the busses. Please utilize the sidewalks for safety.
· The front parking lot is not a designated drop-off or pick-up zone. Students have to maneuver thru the pick-up lanes and oncoming traffic in order to cross. Students are not permitted to cross through the traffic lanes at the crosswalks unless accompanied by an adult.
· Please refrain from cell phone use in the drop off and pick up lanes. Parents who stay focused and attentive at this critical time will help in our transportation procedures.
· The area where the walking gate is in the back of the campus is not a place for drop off and pick up.
· Because grades 3 – 8 are picking up and dropping off in the back, parents of K – 2 and K – 2 Siblings, should avoid the use of 173rd Avenue. Additionally, parents of students in grades 3 – 8 should exit toward Paradise.
· Follow the Entry and Exit signs. PLEASE do NOT enter an exit.
· When walking to and from school, students living south of Paradise Lane should safely cross at the designated crosswalk at Paradise and 173 Lane under the supervision of a crossing guard. For the safety of our students, please do not cross at those areas where a crossing guard is not present.