SECURITY POLICIES

Every person entering our school needs either a UNIS ID Card or a Guest ID in order to gain access to campus.

Parent and Caregiver ID Cards

For parents and caregivers already in the Veracross system:

• Fill out UNIS ID Request for each adult

Please fill out a separate form for each adult. Don't forget to upload an ID picture.

For Caregivers not in the Veracross system:

• Add the Caregiver to Veracross

It's important to keep an updated list of contact people and caregivers allowed on campus and access to your children.

• Print and fill out this form

Caregiver should bring signed form and picture ID to campus.

Student ID Cards:

• Junior School Students do not have student ID cards.

• M1 Students will receive Student ID cards within the first weeks of school. 

• New M2-T4 Students will be issued cards on Orientation Day. 

• JS Students are NOT permitted to exit campus without a parent or authorized caretaker. Only a sibling in grade M3 or above may be given permission to escort their sibling from campus.

• There is no parking on campus during the school day.

• Parking for “Special Events” will be first come first serve and the operator of the vehicle MUST have a UNIS ID Badge.

• Please, refer to the Arrival and Dismissal Protocols for more information.

To give permission for a new caregiver to enter UNIS to pick up or drop off your child, please log in to the Veracross Parent Portal at myunis.vc , (->Veracross -> Household Information -> Update Household Profile -> Contacts for My Children-> +Add New->) and enter that caregiver’s name.  Add as many additional contacts and caregivers as you need. Then give the contacts Pickup Authorization as needed by clicking on Pickup Authorization on the right and +Add New.

After you enter that information in Veracross, your caregiver can have a UNIS ID made that will allow him/her access to the school to pick up and drop off. In the interim, until the caregiver information is populated by IT to the Security Access card system, fill in this ID Authorization Form, print and sign it, and have the caregiver carry this form along with a photo ID to present to Security at the front gate until a physical UNIS ID card is printed.

However, in temporary situations, there is no need for a UNIS ID card to be issued or a temporary authorization form to be carried. If your caregiver is temporary, or a visiting family member will be picking up or dropping off, please follow the same procedure by adding their name to your Household information in Veracross myunis.vc and have that person(s) be prepared to present a photo ID at the security gate.

In either case, in order to alert your child’s teacher and school security that a new or temporary caregiver has permission to pick up your child, the new or temporary caregiver's full name should be entered in SchoolPass.

Parents are asked to retrieve and return to the Security team all UNIS ID cards that were issued to caregivers who are no longer employed by the family.

We are all familiar with the traffic challenges in front of our campus every day during drop off and pick up.  Recently, the conditions have become worse, making it difficult for our students to safely access the sidewalk. Parents have reported that their children have come close to being hit because of the traffic backups and resulting in improper driving.  This is dangerous and we ask for your compliance and help to alleviate the situation.

The service road leading from 23rd Street to the front gate at UNIS is designated by the New York City Department of Transportation as a NO STANDING zone.  By New York City Parking Regulations this means that vehicles may only stop to “expeditiously drop off or pick up passengers.” 

Consequently, it is ILLEGAL to:

• Park or stand unattended or attended vehicles along the service road.

• Stay longer than necessary to pick up or drop off passengers.

• Load or unload packages.

• Wait in this zone for any purpose

We ask that all parents and caregivers follow these regulations.  The 13th Precinct has already begun ticketing and will conduct regular visits to the area.  There is no grace period or allowance for parents dropping their children at UNIS.