Arrival Procedures

• Students arriving after 7:45 a.m. must be signed in by their parent in order to receive a late pass from the office to enter class.
• Students eating breakfast should go to the cafeteria when dropped off.
   

Drop Off/Pick Up Procedures for Parents of P.O.V.

1. POV (Privately Owned Vehicles) Drop-off and Pick-up of all students (including Pre-Kindergarten afternoon classes) will take place at the front of the school, by the steps. The circle will remain one-way traffic.
2. In the morning all buses will drop-off students next to the gym.
3. Each morning the gate between the school buildings, on the road to the upper parking lot, will be closed at 7:30 a.m. For the safety of our young children, parents are not authorized to park in the upper parking lot.
4. The access road to AES will remain closed until all buses leave.
5. Vehicles parked in the upper parking lot will remain there all day. The only traffic on the road will be delivery trucks and emergency maintenance vehicles.
6. Only cars with a clearly visible AES identification logo will be authorized to park in the upper parking lot.
7. Pay attention to the teachers performing crosswalk guard duty, and follow their commands.
8. Students who rides buses must board the same bus every day.
9. Make sure your child(ren) have their things prepared in advance for unloading. This will help us to speed up the process.
10. Do not block the pedestrian crosswalk.
11. Load/unload the students on the passenger side of the vehicle.

The Safety Officer has provided the correct procedure for student drop-off and pick-up. We thank you for following these regulations.

1. Students being dropped-off must be hand delivered to the Educational Technician on duty by the school steps in front of the school.
2. Cars can only stop in front of the school to drop-off children and must move immediately.
3. No cars are allowed to:
   • Park behind the staff parking area in front of the school or any other staff parking area.
   • Pass other cars.
   • Pass a stopped school bus.
4. The yellow line means no parking at any time!
5. There are signs posted as to where parking is allowed.
6. There is a visitors' parking lot as you come up the hill, to the right, on the other side from the parking lot.
7. Written note required for changes in bus / pick up.
8. Teachers and staff parking are numbered and assigned to specific AES employees.

Walk In

Park in designated parking if you want to walk your child in to the school. Do not leave children less than 12 years of age unattended in your vehicle. Do not park in any of the teacher's or staff's designated parking as parking is limited.

Rainy Day Drop Off

• Drop children off at the front of the school.
• Buses will off-load by the Gym on rainy days; due to limited spacing, please do not park or drop off students in this area.
• Do not pass buses while they are unloading.
• Do not block traffic.

Picking Your Child Up from School

From time to time it may be necessary for you to arrange to pick up your child for a special "early release" from school. This is usually for some special family circumstance or emergency and should occur very rarely because this takes away from your child's learning experiences. In fact, most parents have their children attend school and never need to have such arrangements made. The school district takes great care and concern for the security, safety and well being of the students in our care. Following regulations is greatly appreciated. The purpose of these regulations, obviously, is to focus our mutual concern upon the safety of children.

1. When you plan an early pick up, please provide a written, signed request to the teacher and the office.
2. In all cases, the parent or guardian must present herself/himself at the main office of the school. We will not release children to wait outside.
3. Parents or guardians are required to present proof of identification, specifically a valid driver's license or Government ID Card. We must know, in fact, that you are the parent or guardian.
4. Sign the child out, including date, time, child's name, reason and, your signature.
5. We will not release your child to anyone other than a parent, guardian, or emergency contact identified in the school's database. Under no circumstances will a child be released to someone the child does not identify and recognize.
6. If any circumstance or person seems questionable, the school has the authority to call the Military Police Department immediately to request intervention, and will hold the child until police arrive.
7. If an emergency arises and the parent needs to change the normal routine for student pick-up date.
8. Phone calls and emails will not be accepted for security reasons. Faxes to change the normal pick-up routine will be accepted.