ARRIVAL PROCEDURES
2025-2026
Car Rides
- Gator’s Nest offers childcare from 6:30-8:10 for K-5 students.
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8:10-8:40 Students start arriving on campus. All students offered breakfast and make their way to class.
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8:40 Tardy Bell Students will need to be escorted to the office by an adult.
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The designated drop-off area is in front of the school.
- Use the right lane and pull up as far as directed by staff. This allows several cars to unload at once.
- Children should exit from the right side of your vehicle.
- If your child is able to disembark without assistance, please do so. Please remain in the line and follow the flow of traffic.
Bikers/Walkers
Breakfast
Students participating in the school breakfast program should go directly to the cafeteria. Breakfast is served from 8:10 – 8:40 a.m., and is free for all students.
SAFETY IS OUR PRIORITY
Important- Students are marked tardy/late if they are not in their classrooms by 8:40 a.m.
DISMISSAL PROCEDURES
2025-2026
We ask your cooperation at dismissal so as to ensure a safe, quick and efficient process. We value our families and welcome you to visit our school; however, we must have procedures to control the environment during this critical time. Dismissing 1100 students safely is our main goal. We need all adults to follow the following plan. Thank you for your help and please understand these procedures are in place to ensure the safest quickest dismissal for all our students.
Using the Parent Pick-up zone correctly is the safest way to pick up your child. Please refrain from making arrangements with your child that requires them to go against the school safety plan. In addition, if you arrive by car, you must stay in the car line with your car. Students may not be signed out after 2:30 p.m.
Parent Pick Up Procedure: Car riders will be dismissed to the back side of the school at approximately 3:10 p.m. following the afternoon announcements. Parents should follow the following procedure:
- Enter the main driveway entrance to the school.
- Proceed through the posted parent pick up zone.
- Drive up all the way around to the back of the school as directed.
- Must display your “dismissal card” and remain in your car at all times.
- Your child will be called and helped into your car.
- Stay in line and wait until the car in front of you moves forward to exit.
- Please stay in line once your student is loaded and wait for the line to move forward.
All cars must display a school-issued “dismissal card” in order to pick up a child. Those without one will be asked to go into the office and show their ID in order to pick up their child.
Walker/Biker Pick Up Procedure: Student Walkers and Bikers will be dismissed after our buses and cars have left our campus. Children will then follow the walker/biker exit route, using our sidewalk to our main driveway entrance. Under no circumstances will anyone be allowed to walk through the front or side parking lots.
Rainy days: Due to the school bus schedule, students may have to board buses in the rain in order for transportation to stay on schedule. Students will not board during a severe lightning/thunderstorm, nor will walkers, bikers and parent pick-up be dismissed during severe weather. Please develop a "severe weather" plan with your child. Knowing your schedule, and what you would do if severe weather threatened at dismissal time helps children to remain calm in stormy weather. Make your child aware when to go ahead and ride or walk home and whether or not you'll be at the bus stop during rainy or otherwise bad weather. Please see live updates of your child's bus location via where the bus app.