Building Use, Transportation, Arrival & Dismissal

BUILDING USE - ROOM RESERVATION:

All room reservations must be made through the school office. Please email the school secretary pkratoch@trumbullps.org for Application for Use of Facilities form. 

See the following policy for more information: Use of Public School Buildings and Sites | Rules; Fee Schedule; Forms

BUS TRANSPORTATION:

Student conduct on school provided transportation is viewed as an extension of the school day. School transportation privileges are extended to students conditional upon their satisfactory behavior on the bus. This privilege may be suspended due to misconduct. Please refer to the policy. Student Standard of Conduct. Remember your child may only ride the bus to which he or she has been assigned. Requests to ride another bus cannot be allowed since some buses are filled to capacity and cannot accommodate additional students. Furthermore, it becomes extremely difficult to meet our responsibilities for accountability and safety if children are allowed to make bus changes.

MORNING ARRIVAL: 

Our students begin arriving at school at 8:20 a.m. 

Bus Drop-Off

All students are assigned a bus route. Students will begin exiting the buses at 8:20 a.m. We limit the number of busses unloading to maintain safety.

Parent Drop-Off by Car 

Parents may drop-off their children from 8:20 a.m. until 8:35 a.m. at the rear entrance of the school. DO NOT drop off before this time as staff is not available to supervise children who arrive early. Parents who drive their children to school in the morning may not use the main entrance and may not drive through or park in the bus lanes. Violators will be reported to the police and subject to fines.

• Cars should enter our back drop-off/pick up loop via the Booth Hill Road entrance that leads to the rear of the school. 

• The first car in the drop-off/pick-up line should pull all the way up to the yellow poles by the ramp off of the cafeteria.  

• A few cars will be unloaded at a time. The other cars in line should wait until these cars have unloaded and have driven out.

• At no time should cars pull out of line. This again creates a safety hazard. If one car has finished unloading before the preceding car, the driver should wait patiently until the car has finished unloading and has pulled away before leaving.  

• Staff members will be available to help children out of the cars. You should not exit your car to do so. This is unsafe and significantly slows the flow of traffic.

• Please have your child seated on the passenger side of the car. Younger siblings in car seats should not be situated on the passenger side, as we want children exiting cars away from traffic.

• For safety reasons, parents cannot escort their children to classrooms. If a student needs assistance someone in the office will help. Dropping into classrooms is not allowed. It is disruptive to the teaching/learning process and for security reasons is not allowed. If you need to speak to your child’s teacher, please call and make an appointment, or send an email requesting a meeting.  

• Please help your children by making sure all school materials (i.e. lunch money, dismissal notes, homework, glasses) are placed in backpacks the night before and are labeled with the child’s name. We will be working on minimizing class disruptions by asking students to refrain from calling home for items after the school day has begun. In addition, it really helps your child when he/she knows clear dismissal plans each day.  

• Staff members are on duty until 8:35 a.m. If you arrive after that time, you must drive around to the front of the building. Your child will be considered tardy. 

Student Walkers:

• Only students who live in close proximity to the school should be accessing the walker lines. Students who walk to school should only cross where a crossing guard is stationed. Walkers will enter through the main school entrance. Please remember students should not enter the building until 8:20 a.m., as we do not have staff to supervise them prior to this time. 

LATE FOR SCHOOL: 

If your child is late for school, please bring your child to the front entrance of the school and ring the intercom. A reason for tardiness needs to be given by the adult when the child arrives at school for it to be classified as excused. 

PERMANENT DISMISSAL PLAN:

If there is a change to your child’s permanent dismissal plan (completed via the google link emailed at the start of school), you must write a note indicating what your child’s dismissal plan will be for the day. If your child is registered for an after-school enrichment program, he or she will be dismissed to the program unless a note is provided with a change of dismissal. Unless there is an emergency, please do not call the office with changes in dismissal plans. The office is very busy during the day and it is difficult to maintain the safe departure of all students with regular parent calls regarding changes in dismissal plans. 

MISSED BUS AT DISMISSAL:

If your child misses the bus at dismissal time, the office staff will call you to arrange for transportation. Your child must wait in the office until you or your designee arrives. We never dismiss a child to anyone we do not know or to a person who cannot provide proper identification.  

ALTERNATE SAFE DESTINATION: 

There could be times when your child arrives home before you do. In anticipation of this possibility, you should create a plan and then explain the plan to your child so he or she will know exactly what to do if this situation arises. It will be helpful to make prior arrangements with a neighbor/friend who lives in close proximity to you so they can greet your child and care for him/her until you return. Planning now can help avoid a problem later. Please note that Kindergarten students will not be allowed to exit the bus without a parent or approved adult to receive them. If no one is there to receive the Kindergarten student, they will be returned to school. 

WEATHER RELATED EARLY DISMISSALS / SCHOOL DELAY:

DELAYED OPENING HOURS:

90 min Delay - 10:05 a.m.  to 3:20 p.m.

2 hour Delay - 10:35 a.m. to 3:20 p.m.

2 ½ hour Delay - 11:05 a.m. to 3:20 p.m.

LEGAL DAY / EARLY DISMISSAL HOURS:   

8:35 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Breakfast and lunch will be served on delayed openings and early dismissal days. 

PLANNED EARLY DISMISSAL DAYS:  

During the course of the year, students are dismissed early for holidays, parent conferences and teacher in-service days. These are considered legal days and the dismissal time for these days will be 1:00 p.m. Breakfast and lunch will be served on these planned early dismissal days. 

SNOW DAYS:  

Snow make-up days, to a maximum of 7, will be added to the end of the school year.  If needed, an additional day will be taken from the February Long Weekend: February 14th.  If an 8th day is needed, or if an additional day is needed after the February Long Weekend, that day will be recovered on March 17th (planned PD Day for staff) which will be a legal day. Teachers will then attend one more day in June.