THEFIRSTDAY

You’ve ordered hot lunches for the week, packed snacks, labeled their backpacks and made sure they’re dressed in their new uniforms. Here’s what you need to know when you ’ re driving to campus to drop them off for their first day, which is Wednesday, August 16.

Carline

All Lower Division drop-off and pick-up traffic should approach Orleans Avenue from Watrous Avenue.

Parents driving to school from Bayshore Blvd. should turn onto S. Rome Ave and then approach the School via Watrous Ave.

If you are driving south on Bayshore Blvd, DO NOT turn right onto Watrous to then turn up S. Orleans. This is unfair to drivers waiting in the carline who are coming east on Watrous as directed (If our parents are delinquent in this matter, the city will force the School to hire police officers and to absorb all associated expenses )

Children should not be dropped off or picked up from cars in the middle or left lane

Arriving children should be ready to exit the vehicle immediately, from the passenger door only

Departing children should enter the car on the passenger side, as well

Please do not have book bags or other school items in the trunk

Please do not park or stand within 10 feet of a driveway.

Please do not park in the School pick-up lane (yellow curb) during school days or in a designated 5-minute zone.

If you need to walk into the School, please do not park along the School side of Orleans. Parents and children should use the crosswalk, and children should be physically escorted across the street by their parent.

Dismissal Procedure

For afternoon dismissal, the Lower Division employs the use of an app called PikMyKid. You will receive information in July regarding registration for this app

Please affix the PikMyKid sticker (dispersed to families at the start of the school year) on the right, lower portion of your windshield so that the faculty dispatcher can clearly see the appropriate information

Please also be sure to “ announce ” your child(ren) at the appropriate check point within the dismissal carline or walk-up line

If a dismissal change is to occur (i e , carpooling or another person picking up a student), please add the appropriate delegate within the PikMyKid app

The Division Head can assist with any technical questions regarding the use of PikMyKid.

Dismissal Changes: The School must be notified of any dismissal change via phone call (813-849-5200) or email to the campus Administrative Assistant by 12:00 p.m. If a child has a medical appointment before dismissal or departs early for any reason, parents must sign their child(ren) out in the office.