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Arrival/Dismissal Procedures

 O.A. Peterson Arrival Procedures 

School doors open at 7:20AM.  All students need to be in the building before the 7:40AM bell rings.  

TARDIES

  • Class begins with announcements and morning meeting when the 7:40 bell rings.

  • At 7:40, the front and back doors will close.  If your child is not inside when the bell rings, a parent or guardian will need to come to the office to sign them in.  

CAR RIDER ARRIVAL

  • We will have one line of cars (closest to the curb) in the FRONT of the school.

  • Students will get out of the car once you have pulled between the cones.

    • Staff will be available to assist students if needed, but will not be opening car doors.  

    • If you have a student in a car seat or that will need additional parent assistance, please park in a parking space and have your student cross at the crosswalk.

  • Please pull all the way up in line.

  • After 7:30, car riders may be dropped off in the back.

WALKER/BIKER ARRIVAL

  • Walkers can come in through the front or the back.  Please use the crosswalks!

BUS/DAYCARE ARRIVAL

  • Only buses and students in our Special Programs will be dropped off in the back.

  • After 7:30, other students may be dropped off in the back.

  • The back doors will CLOSE at 7:40.  Students not in the building will need to be brought to the front office and signed in by a parent.

 

O.A. Peterson Dismissal Procedures 

Dismissal begins at 3:05.

CAR RIDER DISMISSAL

  • ALL car riders will be dismissed through the front.

  • We will have two lines of cars in the front.  Teachers will load students into cars.

  • Each child will receive a car visor identification sign at “Meet the Teacher” that details the child's name and  teacher name. This sign must be visible in the car visor as you pull into the loading zones. 

  • Students will not be  dismissed to cars without their school-provided identification sign.  

    • If you don’t have a sign, you will be directed to the front office to show your ID.  If you need an additional sign, please call the front office.

  • When exiting the parking lot:

    • Cars in the right lane will turn right onto Winter Hawk.

    • Cars in the left lane will go straight or turn left onto Winter Hawk.

BIKE RIDERS  

  • Students riding their bike home will be escorted by a staff member to the appropriate crosswalk at the back or front of the school  

  • Bike riders must walk their bikes while on school property and across the crosswalk. 

DAYCARE  

  • All students riding a daycare bus will be dismissed from the back of the school.  

WALKERS: 

  • PK, K & 1st Grade Walkers will need to walk with an older sibling/neighbor OR be met by an adult to walk home.

  • Front Walkers Frosted Willow: Students will exit the front of the building and be brought to the crosswalk.

  • Front Walkers Devinstone: Students will exit the building near the Big Playground and be brought to the crosswalk.

  • Back Walkers: Students will exit the building through the gym and walk to the corner of Frosted Willow and Los Barros.  Please meet your child at the corner before the crosswalk.

BUS RIDERS  

  •  All students riding a NISD bus will be dismissed from the back of the school.  

  • PK, K & 1st Grade Bus Riders must be met by a parent or guardian at their bus stop or they will be brought back to school and a parent/guardian will need to pick them up.