Arrival and Dismissal Information

SCHOOL HOURS AND ARRIVAL PROCEDURES

The school day at Zachary Taylor Elementary begins at 7:30am and ends at 2:10pm.  Students should arrive between 7:00 and 7:20am.  All students are able to eat breakfast at no cost. After they eat breakfast, they will report to their holding areas. Students in grades K-2 report to the gym. Third grade students report to the library.  Fourth and fifth grade students report to the library hallway.  

Car riders enter at the parking lot from Hurstbourne Parkway and proceed around the parking lot, past the playground, to the circle by the library. The library door is open from 7:00am to 7:20am Please do not park or stop your car.  If you arrive after 7:20, please park your car in the parking lot and walk your child to the front door. Between 7:00 and 7:30, cars should NOT be in the bus circle. – the bus circle is reserved for BUSES ONLY at this time. 

Students should be in their seats and instruction begins at 7:30.  

DISMISSAL PROCEDURES

1. School Ends at 2:10pm  

2. Changes to transportation for the day will end at 1:30 pm.  We cannot guarantee changes after 1:30pm.

3. If your child is a car rider, you must pick them up in the car rider line.

4. You must pick your child up on time every day.   Failure to follow this procedure will result in a meeting with the principal to see how we can support the situation. 

Bus Riders: Are dismissed when the tone sounds at 2:10.  Students are to proceed to their buses with their teachers through designated exits.  

Car Riders:   Are dismissed from the library.  For the safety of all, parents are assigned a car rider number and students are dismissed by that number.  Please follow the flow of traffic around the back of school to pick up car riders.  Students must be picked up by 2:25 p.m.  In order to promote the safety of ALL of our students, and limit the confusion of afternoon dismissal, parents are prohibited from waiting in the school lobby to pick up students.  Walkers and car riders will be dismissed from the library ONLY.  Parents who choose not to get in the car rider line may walk up to the library door from the OUTSIDE of the building. Parents may not walk through the building during dismissal to go to the library to meet their child.   

Walkers: They will be released from their rooms when the tone sounds at 2:10.  Students will be released and exit the building from the library. All Kindergarten walkers will need a parent or guardian to be at the door to pick them up. Older students may be independent walkers if we have a written note from the parent/guardian 

Early Dismissal:  Parents who find it essential to request an early release must appear in person, with an ID, and sign the official register in the office before 2:00 p.m.  Teachers are instructed to release students only after the request is made by the office via telephone.  Students then report to the office.  These procedures are essential for the protection and safety of our students.  Teachers have been instructed not to release children directly from the classrooms or playground to parents. Students will receive a TARDY on their attendance record if they are picked up before the dismissal tone sounds. Please be aware that for the safety of the students we will ONLY release students to parents or guardians with an ID, even if they are listed in Infinite Campus. If the person picking up the child is not listed in Infinite Campus as a safe person to release your child to, we must have approved this prior with both the  guardian and school administration. 

Changes in Method Home

We understand that there are times when the method by which a student goes home must be changed during the course of a day.  Messages regarding changes in mode of transportation must be received in the school office by 1:30 p.m. each day in order for our staff to ensure that the message is relayed to the student.  Due to the high volume of activity in the afternoons, we cannot guarantee that messages received after 1:30 p.m. will be relayed. 

Please be aware that for the safety of the students we will ONLY release students to parents or guardians with an ID, even if they are listed in Infinite Campus. If the person picking up the child is not listed in Infinite Campus as a safe person to release your child to, we must have approved this prior with both the  guardian and school administration.