BURNET HILL SAFETY MEASURES For Families

2016-2017

With the exception of the first day of school, the morning line-up will be indoors.

BUILDING ACCESS
All doors, including the main entrance, will be locked during the school day.
All visitors must enter and exit the building using the main entrance before, during, and after
school.
Visitors must sign in and out at the main office and wear a visitors badge while in the building.

PARKING
With the exception of visitor parking spaces at the entrance of the school, all others in the school
parking lot are reserved for staff. Please do not park in the staff parking spots (this includes the
front lot).
At drop off or dismissal, you may park on Byron Place or Ridge Drive to insure safety for all.
Please follow all traffic safety rules when dropping off children.

MORNING ARRIVAL
Students participating in early morning instructional activities - Band, Chorus, Orchestra, GT Art, or
GT Music - may be dropped off at the main entrance at 7:35 a.m. and wait for the teacher at the
front doors of the school.
The building is open for entrance at 7:35 a.m. and the bell rings at 8:05 a.m. Class begins
promptly at 8:05 a.m. There is no late bell and students arriving after this bell are considered tardy
and must report to the main office. ***Please note staff will be monitoring the front doors and the
courtyard doors from 7:35 am to 8:00 am to allow students into the building for line up.
When dropping your children off via car, please pull your car up as far as possible in front of the
main entrance and allow your child to go to the main entrance.
o Do not get out of your car while in this drop off line. Students should exit from the
passenger side of the car ONLY.
o If you need to assist your child in leaving the car, please pull into the parking area in front
of the main entrance and assist your child as needed.
o Students will report directly to the cafeteria for morning line up.
In the event that you need to enter the building for any reason during pick up or dismissal, staff will
request that you enter only through the main entrance, sign in, and obtain a visitors pass.
Students in grade 3 and up may ride their bicycles to school as per district policy and should lock
their bicycles in the designated location.
AFTERNOON DISMISSAL
All students will be dismissed by 2:40 p.m. in accordance with the Student Dismissal from School
policy and procedures.
Students may only dismiss from the blacktop doors or the main doors to our building.
o Students in Grades 4-5 will exit from the main doors in the front of the building.
o Students in Grades K-3 will exit the blacktop doors in the back of the building.
o Kindergarten students will be dismissed from the blacktop outside of the Kindergarten
classroom doors. Parents should wait on the blacktop to pick up their children.
o Students will NOT be allowed to dismiss through the staff lot doors.
If siblings are to meet before leaving the building, it is important that you designate a meeting
place and be sure that both classroom teachers are aware of this location.
IMPORTANT!! Please make sure that the dismissal option you choose for your child is
current and up to date on the parent portal.

PRIDE A.M. ARRIVAL & DISMISSAL PROCEDURES

Arrival procedure:
All families dropping children off will do so in the front lot of Burnet Hill.
Children will be picked up by staff at 8:05 in the front of the school by Door #2 (please
remain in your cars until you see the staff exit the building).
Buses will be dropping students off in the front of the building by Door #2.
Dismissal Procedure: At 10:35 a.m., children will be dismissed from the side door of the staff
parking lot.
o If you are picking your child up by car, PLEASE FORM A LINE BEHIND THE BUSES. NO
CAR SHOULD PASS THE BUS TO EXIT. Alternately, you can park on Byron Place and
walk to the door to pick up your child.
o Children taking the bus will be dismissed in the staff lot.

PRIDE P.M. ARRIVAL & DISMISSAL PROCEDURES

Arrival Procedure:
o For all families dropping children off, PLEASE FORM A LINE BEHIND THE BUSES. NO
CAR SHOULD PASS THE BUS TO EXIT. Alternately, you can park on Byron Place and
walk to the front to drop off your child.
o Children will be picked up by staff at 11:30 in front of the building DOOR #2.
Dismissal Procedure:
o At 2:00 p.m., if you pick your child up in a car, you MUST park in the lot in front of our
school. Children will be dismissed at their assigned dismissal time from Door #2.
o Children taking the bus will be dismissed in the front of the building from Door #2. NO
CARS WILL BE ALLOWED TO PICK UP IN THE STAFF LOT.

Dismissal from school shall be supervised by school staff in accordance with the procedures outlined
below. Parents/guardians shall be responsible for complying with these procedures, resuming custody
of their children at the end of the school day and ensuring that their children follow their instructions for
safe travel home from school. Parents/guardians who fail to pick up their children at dismissal or
arrange for their safe travel home from school may be reported to appropriate authorities.
Staff Supervision

All homeroom and/or special area teachers are responsible for the dismissal of his or her
class. Teachers will see that each student is released in accordance with procedures designated by the
parent/guardian on the School Dismissal Form. If any teacher is not able to supervise during dismissal a
substitute will be appointed.

Teachers will see that each student is released in accordance with procedures designated by the
parent/guardian on the School Dismissal Permission Form.

Students enrolled and participating in an aftercare program/after-school activity will go from their
classrooms to the cafeteria, gym, classroom or other designated area. Appropriate YMCA or Home and
School personnel will take attendance.

Except for after-care participants, the playground will NOT be monitored or supervised after school
hours. All children not enrolled in the YMCA after-care program should either go directly home, into
vehicles picking them up or to their assigned buses, and are not to play on school grounds without
parental supervision.

Any child, who ordinarily is picked up at school by an adult, but the adult fails to collect the child at
dismissal, will be sent or brought to the main office. They should not leave school grounds.

Pick-up Location (no designated adult)

Students are to be picked up at one of the following locations:
#1: Center Blacktop Area
#2: Ridge Avenue
#3: Byron Place

Pick-up Location (designated adult)

Students who require pick-up and exchange of custody from the school to a designated adult (ID
REQUIRED) are to be picked up inside the building at the following location at dismissal: Main Office

Parents/guardians who select this option must schedule a meeting with the building principal.

Pick-up / Parking Procedures

Drivers must comply with designated school drop-off/pick-up and parking procedures.

Parental Authorization for Each Students Dismissal Procedure

Parents/guardians will be required to submit a School Dismissal Permission Form, to inform the school
administration of the dismissal procedure to be followed for each student. Options will include:
Dismissal by the teacher, with permission to walk off school grounds (this option will be
followed until the school is in receipt of the completed School Dismissal Permission Form);
Dismissal by the teacher to a designated area outside the school building to await pick-up
(areas to be specified by each school);
Ride home on the school bus, with dismissal by the bus driver at the students designated bus
stop;
Dismissal to an after-care program/after-school activity;
Exchange of custody between the school and a designated adult (ID REQUIRED) at a
designated areas within the school building.
Exceptions from Dismissal Procedures
Exceptions or deviations from the dismissal procedure designated on the School Dismissal Permission
Form are disruptive to the school and will be permitted only if requested in writing in advance by the
parent/guardian or in an emergency situation. Requests must be submitted in writing to the teacher,
and will be forwarded to the main office.

If a parent, guardian or other adult who ordinarily picks up a student after school is delayed for any
reason, the main office must be notified by phone before dismissal. The child will be sent or brought to
the main office and will be supervised by a staff member for a brief period of time until they are
picked up. If an unwarranted period of time elapses, it may be determined by the school
administration that it is in the childs best interest to call the Livingston Police Department for the
appropriate transfer of supervision. If a pattern of late pick-up develops and/or persists, other
arrangements must be made by the parent.