JPII DISMISSAL INFORMATION 2023-24
Please share the following information with anyone that will be picking up your child:
The playground will open at 2:25 p.m. for pick-up of car riders. Adults picking up students in grades K-5 who arrive before the playground/parking lot is open that want to enter the playground area for pick up at 2:25 must park and wait in the Activity Center Parking Lot. The playground parking lot closes at 2:40.
NEW THIS YEAR: The parking lot by Building C (The middle school building) is reserved for vehicles of those picking up middle school students. Adults picking up students in both K-5 and 6-8 may park in either lot.
Please do not line up on Scheller Ave to wait to enter the playground. This causes traffic to back up onto Utica Street and potentially blocks the intersection of Utica Street Hwy 31.
Please be considerate of our neighbors and do not park on Scheller Ave to pick up your child.
The playground parking lot is a congested area. If able, adults picking up students are encouraged to park in either the Building C (former church) Lot (if picking up a student in grades 6-8) or the white lined spaces in the Activity Center parking lot (if picking up a student in grades K-5) and walk to the playground area to pick up your child.
The entrance to the playground parking lot closes at 2:40 p.m. and will not reopen to ensure one-way traffic out of the parking lot for the safety of the students and staff
STAGGERED DISMISSAL TIMES
1. Building A (K and 1)
Kindergarten will leave their classrooms first. (Meeting parents at the pick up area at the end of the sidewalk along the mulch playground along Highway 31 at 2:30)
First grade will follow after Kindergarten exits. (Meeting parents at the pick up area at the end of the sidewalk along the mulch playground along Highway 31 at 2:35)
2. Building B (Grades 2-5)
Grade 2 exits after First Grade (Meeting parents at the pick up area at the end of the sidewalk along the mulch playground along Highway 31 2:35)
Grades 3, 4, and 5 Exit via different exits. (Meeting parents at the end of the sidewalk along the mulch playground along Highway 31 at 2:38)
3. Building C (Grades 6-8)
Middle School Classes stagger their exit at Door C3 (Door with the ramp)of Building C at 2:40.
Middle school parents who are also picking up a K-5 student must pick up the K-5 student first, then walk behind the parked cars to Building C to pick up their middle school student(s). Middle school students will not be allowed to walk through the parked cars to a waiting parent.
4. For All Grades:
Parents must park and walk up to obtain the children from the teachers.
Please stand close to the yellow lines to be free of the traffic that is departing.
Help dismissal run smoothly by returning promptly with your children to the vehicle. Use extreme caution.
5. For Grades K-5 Exiting the Playground/Parking Lot
Vehicles leave in single file onto the highway.
Turn right only when departing on Hwy 31.
6. The playground must be cleared of vehicles as quickly as possible to enable after-care children to cross over to Father Gootee Hall. We must have your cooperation. Safety of the children is always our first priority.
7. Both playground areas will be closed. Once students are released to parents, all persons will need to proceed to their cars to exit the parking areas.
8. Anytime there is a change in a student’s dismissal procedure we MUST have an email from a parent giving specific information before we will release the child.
9. Anyone picking up a child may be asked to provide identification.
9. JPII Dismissal is a pet-free area.
Thanks in advance for your cooperation with the new dismissal procedures!
