Dismissal Procedures
Afternoon Procedures
Student Dismissals
Eagle Ridge Elementary dismisses each day at 3:25 p.m. for bus/daycare/transportation companies, walkers/bike riders and for car riders. Early dismissal will be at 11:55 for all students. We supervise students outside during dismissal for 15 minutes after dismissal has started. After 15 minutes, any student not picked up is brought to the office. Parents arriving to dismissal late will need to come to the front office with either their driver’s license or the official Eagle Ridge car sign.
Refer to the traffic map below for a visual of student dismissal procedures, pick-up locations, parking and no-parking areas. Remember that we have over 500 students dismissing each day, and these procedures are put in place for every child’s safety. Common courtesy and everyone following the procedures will help to make dismissal safe and quick for all.
Mobile phones are never to be used in the parking lot while your car is running.
1. Pre-k/pre-k older siblings will be dismissed out the first grade doors @ 3:15 (entrance 6) to the back loop. Pre-K students will be taken out to parents by staff. STARS/STACC and bus riders will be dismissed to the side door @ 3:15(entrance 13).
2. Alta Vista Walkers/bike riders will be released through side cafeteria doors and escorted across the street to the church parking lot. There is no parent waiting areas or walk-up areas near the school. if your child is considered a Alta Vista Walker. Students who elect to be Alta Vista Walkers will be walked out of the building, and across the street to the church parking lot by a teacher. Parents may utilize their car signs to pick up their students from the church parking lot and skip the parent loop/have their student walk home from here. We are so thankful to Fellowship of the Parks for allowing us to do this each year.
3. Bluffs Walkers/bike riders - Bluffs South Walkers are walked out the back doors (entrance 4) and escorted to the back of the playground where it opens into the Bluffs. Parents may utilize their car signs to pick up their students at the end of the fence in the front of the school/have their student walk home from here. Bluffs North Walkers will be escorted by a teacher out the front doors (entrance 2) and meet by the end of the fence at the corner of the lot. Parents may utilize their car signs to pick up their students at the end of the fence in the front of the school/have their student walk home from here. This is not intended to be a car pick-up zone. There is not a safe space to stop your car here. If you are picking your child up in a car, please use Alta Vista or parent-pick up.
There is no parent waiting areas or walk-up areas near the school. if your child is considered a Bluffs Walker.
CAR RIDERS - ALL PARENTS MUST HAVE SIGN TO PICK THEIR CHILD UP AS A CAR RIDER.
4. Kindergarten students (and their older school aged siblings) who are picked-up by car will be dismissed from the Kindergarten wing. Kindergarten parents will form a line in the right-hand lane entering the parking lot. When you pull into the Kindergarten Dismissal Zone, a teacher will help your child into the backseat passenger side of your car. Please teach your Kindergarten student to buckle his/her own seatbelt. A staff member will move your car line to the left-hand lane at the crosswalk so you may exit the parking lot. RIGHT TURN ONLY WHEN EXITING THE SCHOOL.
4. Second grade and Third Grade students (unless they have a younger sibling) will be picked-up at the Second grade wing. Parents in the pick-up line for second grade and third grade will form a line in the left-hand lane entering the parking lot. A staff member will move your line to the right-hand lane at the crosswalk so you will be next to the building. When you pull into the Dismissal Zone, a teacher will be there to guide your child to your car. RIGHT TURN ONLY WHEN EXITING THE SCHOOL.
5. First and Fourth Grade Students (unless they have a younger sibling) will be picked up in the back of the building. Please enter from the entrance at Alta Vista by the gym and cafeteria. Please form 1 line and the teachers will move you through the pick up area. Do not pass another vehicle. LEFT TURN ONLY WHEN EXITING THE SCHOOL.
6. For car pick-up with multiple students, you may pick-up your group at the youngest child’s pick-up location. For example, if you have a Kindergarten student and a Third grade student, the Third grade student will walk to the Kindergarten dismissal area and sit with his/her sibling or group. If this is your situation, please write a note to all of the children’s teachers informing them of the pick-up location, student names, grade levels, and teachers’ names of the children who will need to be placed together. Children will not be allowed to go to any other pick-up location without parent consent.
7. Any changes in your student dismissal routine, whether permanent or temporary, must be done in writing or a phone call by a parent/legal guardian through our office before 2:15 p.m.
8. Parents must present a car sign at car pick-up or the parent will be asked to come to the office and present a driver’s license to verify authorization to pick-up the student.
9. No early dismissals after 2:45.