Arrivals and Dismissals
Kindergarten Bus Rider Information
If your student will be riding the school bus, we want to share some important information with you.
· Please double-check your student’s bus information in E-Link the day before school begins in the event changes have been made.
· A parent or pre-authorized person must be at the bus stop, or the driver will keep your student on the bus and take them back to their home school.
· All Kindergartners that are riding the bus must have 2023-2024 Kindergarten Release Form on file. If you are not able to fill out this Google Doc, drivers will have some one hand, please ask for a form in the morning and turn it back into the driver that afternoon.
· Parents or authorized persons meeting the bus are encouraged to bring photo ID with them to the bus stop in the afternoon the 1st week of school. Our drivers will be able to then familiarize themselves with each parent of authorized persons meeting your kindergartener.
· Familiarize your student with the number and picture of the bus they will be riding. A list of bus numbers and associated pictures is available on the Transportation website.
· Kindergarteners need to wear the informational tag with their bus assignment the first three weeks of school, and then kept in their backpacks for the remainder of the school year. Please confirm the afternoon drop of location (daycare) is correct. Otherwise, their assigned stop will be their home address.
· Kindergarteners only will be assigned to seats in the front of the bus and have a bus tag in a specific color that will designate their bus stop attached to their backpack. Please leave this tag on for the year.
· Buses may be running a little late as drivers and families get familiar with their routes and bus stops. We appreciate your patience.
Kindergarten car Rider Information
Arrivals:
If you drive your child to school, you will drop them off at the front of the school. Staff and student patrol will be there to assist your child. You will NOT park. You do NOT walk your child into the building. Stay in the car line and students will be invited into the building at 9:10 when staff begins opening car doors. They will walk in and go their line up spot or have breakfast if needed in the commons (school staff will support getting all students to their designated line spots each day).
School starts at 9:30am. If you are late, your child will need to be signed in at the office.
Dismissals:
Please let us know (rbattendance@nsd.org) if there is to be a change in your child's typical dismissal routine. Your Child will be put on the bus, daycare van, etc as usual if you do not notify the office giving permission for the change.
If you are picking your child up, you will be given a family number on a piece of cardstock (on the first day of school). Keep this in your window and STAY in the pick up line. We will scan your number and send your child out to you when you get to the front of the line. PLEASE stay in your car. We do not wants parents parking and standing in front of the building as this makes it hard to get the children out of the building and to their car (depending on your child's needs, different arrangement can be made on case by case basis).