- All students must be in their classrooms by 8:30 to be counted present.
- Students arriving to class after 8:30 are counted tardy.
Arrival Procedures
- Students should not arrive before 8:00 am unless they are eating breakfast in the cafeteria.
- Students eating breakfast should go to the cafeteria at 8:00 am.
- Students will be permitted to enter the pods at 8:25 to prepare for instruction to begin at 8:30.
- Children arriving after 8:30 a.m. are tardy and must report to the office for a pass.
Drop Off/Pick Up Procedures
Transportation
You will be asked to complete an Inclement Weather Form/Early Dismissal Form. This form notes the means of transportation, for your child, in the event of an early school closing due to dangerous weather conditions or other emergencies. If your child must go home by another means one particular day, you must notify the school in writing at least two hours prior to dismissal. For security reasons, no changes in transportation arrangements will be made by phone.
In the event of an unexpected early release from school, children will be sent home by the means of transportation listed on the Inclement Weather/Early Dismissal Form. Please talk to your child/children about your plan for early dismissals. Local radio and television stations, as well as, One Call Now calls will provide parents with information regarding inclement weather and early dismissals.
Bus Riders
Bus transportation is offered to students who live one mile or further from school. This service is provided to safely transport students to and from school each day. Students should use the bus stop closest to their homes and should arrive at the bus stop five minutes prior to pick-up and wait patiently in an orderly manner. All bus riders should be reminded to stay on the sidewalk until the bus comes to a complete stop before stepping into the roadway to board the bus. Please be advised that the provision for riding the Camp Lejeune Schools' buses to and from school is a privilege. Behavior expectations for bus riders should be reviewed with students by teachers and parents often. Any conduct or activities that threaten the health, safety or welfare of the bus driver, other students or any other riders in any manner could result in indefinitely terminating all bus riding privileges.Therefore, it is essential that the home and school work together to make our buses safe for children. When necessary, the bus driver will counsel children who do not follow the bus behavior expectations. If students continue to choose not to follow the bus safety expectations, bus drivers will write a Bus Incident Report for school administrators. The principal and/or assistant principal will review the incident report with students to determine an appropriate consequence. Parents will be called each time a Bus Incident Report is written regarding a student's behavior that does not comply with the behavior expectations. Repeated26incidences will result in suspended bus riding privileges. Bus riding behavior expectations are to provide the safest transportation for students as possible. We appreciate your vigilance and support in this effort. FOR SECURITY REASONS, CHILDREN WILL NOT BE RELEASED TO PARENTS INTHE BUS LOT DURING ARRIVAL OR DISMISSAL TIMES. ALL RELEASES TAKEPLACE IN THE MAIN OFFICE.
Private Vehicles
Children transported in private vehicles will arrive and depart at the front of the school. Students are to wait for school personnel on duty to open car doors and to assist students out of vehicles each morning. In the afternoons, an adult will escort students to their vehicle and will assist them with getting in and using seat belts. To support with moving traffic through the arrival and dismissal area efficiently and safely, parents are asked not to get out of their vehicles. Again, school personnel will assist students in and out of vehicles. Car pooling does reduce the number of vehicles in our entrance area during arrival and dismissal and is encouraged. The speed limit in school zones is 25 miles per hour; in parking lots, 5 miles per hour. For the safety of all, do not meet in the bus areas or shoulders of the main roads. Children and parents are asked to only cross roadways at designated cross walks or where there is a crossing guard.
Bicycle Riders and Walkers
Bicycle safety regulations are the same as enforced by PMO. Students should not ride double and protective headgear must be worn. Bikes should be marked with identifying numbers and locked to the racks individually. Walkers should use the buddy system going to and from school. Encourage your child to go straight home, use the sidewalks, avoid the woods and stables, and obey crossing guards. Children riding scooters to school must follow the base bicycle safety regulations.
Breakfast Program and Late Arrivals to School
The instructional school day begins at 8:30 AM. Children should not arrive before 8:00 AM. Prior to 8:00 AM there is no one available to supervise children. Children participating in the breakfast program may arrive at 8:00 AM. Due to the time involved with getting breakfast from the cafeteria and having time to eat, children must arrive before 8:15AM. Children will only be allowed to enter the school through the main corridor located in the front of the school and must go directly to the cafeteria to participate in the breakfast program or to assemble in Multipurpose Room until 8:25 AM.
When it is necessary for a child to arrive after the school day begins, 8:25 AM, a parent/guardian must accompany the child to the office to sign him/her in and to pick up a Tardy Admit Slip. The child must present the Tardy Admit Slip to the teacher for admittance to class.