Carpool Procedures

Students may bring their lunch to school. Students are asked to clean up after themselves during lunch. Parents ARE invited to join their child for breakfast or lunch! All visitors must come by the office and check in prior to going to the cafeteria. (If you are going to the cafeteria in the Upper School – grades 2-12, you must sign in with that office, and if you are going to the cafeteria in the Lower School – grades K-1, you must sign in with that office.) Please remember that space is limited. Note: Parents may not have lunch with any student who is serving Silent Lunch. In addition, there may be special occasions throughout the year (i.e. during Thanksgiving, etc.) where seating is limited, and parents will not be able to join us for lunch.

CARPOOL PROCEDURES _______________________________________________________________

Parents are asked to familiarize themselves with the carpool procedures prior to the first day of school. Signage can be found at the beginning of each driveway directing parents to the appropriate drop-off and pick-up spot for their child. Parents are also asked to remember the following: • Specific information regarding drop-off and pick-up locations will be provided and discussed during Open House prior to the first day of school. • During drop-off and pick-up times, ACE faculty is focused on ensuring the safety of all students. We ask that parents NOT call the school during these times. Arrangements for transportation need to be made in advance. • If you would like to speak to your child’s teacher, the drop-off/pick-up lanes are not the place to do this. Please contact the teacher by email and arrange a meeting. • We have purposely created a parking area where you are free to park if you need to come in the building. Please do not leave your car in a drop-off/pick-up lane and come in the building and do not park in the reserved spaces or numbered spaces. Remember – you will not be able to come into the building and meet with your child’s teacher during drop-off or pick-up; you will need to schedule a meeting with the teacher. • Please have the ACE Carpool Decal displayed in the right/passenger side window so that ACE faculty will recognize your car. This decal should remain in your window from the time you enter campus until you leave campus. If you have made arrangements for someone other than yourself to pick up your child, they must have

your ACE Carpool decal.

• Decal in the right front window of their vehicle. We will not release any child to anyone other than those authorized to pick them up. Failure to display the carpool decal will result in the parent/guardian parking and coming into the school with a picture ID. Note: For safety reasons, only the CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR decal will be recognized.

Do not use decals from previous years; those staff members keying in numbers have been instructed to direct you to the front office. • If you have a child who is a student driver and you would like for that student to pick up a younger sibling, he/she will need a carpool decal to present to the child’s teacher. Otherwise, the younger child will not be dismissed. • If your children are riding with a student driver, the student driver must have a carpool decal that he/she presents to the teacher during dismissal. Otherwise, the student(s) will not be released. • Please do not call the office to give permission for someone to pick up your child. They MUST present a carpool decal. This is for your child’s safety. • Students left after 4:00 p.m. will be placed in the after-school program and parents will be billed at the rate of $20.00 per day, per child. • Car drivers are reminded to behave in a manner that is respectful to other drivers, carpool staff, faculty

and students. Individuals who fail to follow this protocol will be banned from the campus.

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