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Arrival & Dismissal Information

Map of zones where Horace Mann Elementary students will be located at daily dismissal time

Arrival Procedures:

  • Students may enter building at 7:30 am

  • Drop off students between 7:30 - 7:45 am

  • Breakfast is served from 7:30-8:00 am

  • Students will enter the building through the gym doors daily & during inclement weather.

  • Students can be dropped off at the playground for early morning recess (weather pending), however we would like them to come inside and eat breakfast first.

  • We have very limited parking which is reserved for our teaching staff. Car Riders need to be dropped off in the front drop off zone or using the back alley beside the playground. Parents need to remain in the car and students get out and come in the gym doors or playground doors without parental assistance - “Roll up, Stop, Drop-off, and Go.”

  • Please do not park your vehicle and block the bus zone - yellow curb

Dismissal Procedures:

  • School is dismissed at 3:16 pm (Kindergarten 3:10 pm)
  • Teachers will walk students outside to their designated dismissal area
  • Car riders - will be checked out to parent/designated individual
  • Walkers/Bike Riders - are students who walk/ride bike home unsupervised and will use the designated crosswalk by a staff member.
  • Boys & Girls Club - Students who are enrolled will be picked up at each grade level classroom room door and escorted to cafeteria/BGC prior to dismissal.
  • Check-out system - Parents wait behind the fence (3 hand dismissal = parent waves at teacher, teacher waves to parent and teacher/student high-five & student goes to parent).
  • Please do not park your vehicle and block the bus zone - yellow curb

Dismissal Time and Location:

  • 3:10 pm - Kindergarten - inside gym doors
  • 3:16 pm - Grades 1st-3rd front entrances
    • 1st Grade - Breezway exit
    • 2nd Grade - Main (center) exit
    • 3rd Grade - SE Exit
  • Walnut Hills Bus Riders - will be supervised and escorted to bus upon its arrival

 

Bikers and Walkers will use the designated crosswalk by a staff member.

Bus Riders only students who live in the Walnut Hills Subdivision (due to the distance). 

Boys and Girls Club students will report to the cafeteria for check-in.