Due to the need to clear the fire lane quickly in case of an emergency, parents must not leave their cars unattended, even briefly, in the drop-off/pick-up zones. Parents may not go to the classrooms to pick up their students.
Parents arriving late (after 3:40pm) must notify the school. Students who have not been picked up by 3:45pm are taken to the Grammar School office. Late parents are charged a fee of $5 per student per every 5-minute increment that a student is left at school after 3:45pm. This fee is billed to parents on a monthly basis. Occasionally, everyone is delayed by an unanticipated event. Therefore, parents are not charged the first two times their student is picked up late.
If a carpool forms, the main office must be notified. Any deviation from the student’s regular means of transportation must be communicated to the main office. This is for the safety of all of our students.
In the case of a last-minute change requiring a student to be picked up by another parent or someone not in the normal carpool, parents must notify the office no later than 3:00pm. Notification to the staff once the dismissal routine has begun delays the process for all involved and is therefore not permitted. If such notification has not occurred by 3:00pm, drivers are required to park and wait until the end of the dismissal period after which the staff can properly attend to the situation.
Any change to a student’s normal pick-up arrangement MUST be communicated by email in advance to all of the following: Grammar School Headmaster, School Secretary, Grammar School Administrative Assistant, teacher and the child’s daycare if applicable.