Britt Student Handbook

Arrival

Students may enter the building between 8:20 am and 8:50 am. Breakfast, morning work, and some clubs occur between 8:20 and 8:50, so arriving near 8:20 am allows students to maximize their instructional time.  Students are considered tardy if they are not in the building before 8:50 am. Breakfast service stops at 8:50, so students who arrive after that time may be unable to get breakfast.  Before 8:20 am, our staff is busy planning and cannot supervise early arrivals.  No student should be dropped off before 8:20 am unless they participate in a morning activity or club and have a signed permission slip on file or the parent has arranged the early drop-off with the child's teacher.  A parent must check in on students arriving after 8:50 am.  Tardies are unexcused unless accompanied by a doctor, dentist, or specialist note and must be on an official form that reflects the service provided.  If a student has circumstances that would cause him/her to be consistently tardy, please get in touch with an administrator to develop a plan.

Dismissal

Students are dismissed at 3:20 p.m. and ride their usual method of transportation (bus, car, daycare van, or walker) unless a written note detailing that change is provided that day. Notes are verified via phone using a contact number on file before transportation plans are changed. If you have not received a call about a transportation change by 2:00 pm, please call our office because we have not received the note.  

Checking In/Check Out

Students arriving at school after 8:50 am must be checked in by a parent at the check-in station in our vestibule before going to their classroom.  Park your car and accompany your child to the reception desk to check in your child.  Early check-outs are discouraged.  To be counted present for the entire day, a student must be at school for at least the equivalent of half the school day. Parents will check students out in our vestibule.  For safety reasons and to ensure a smooth, safe afternoon dismissal, students checked out after 3 pm may experience delays beyond the end of dismissal.  If you arrive to check out your child after 3:00, you will need to wait until we have completed our dismissal procedures to check out your child. Once students are on the bus, we do not remove them from the bus until they get to their bus stop.  Also, students will not be called out of the classroom until the parent or designee arrives for checkout. People checking out students will be required to show a photo ID.  No one will be allowed to check out a child unless authorization from the enrolling parent is on file.  If you need to add or remove someone from your child's emergency contacts, you must make the changes in the Parent Portal or ParentVue by 2:00 pm so that we can enter the information into our computer system.  You can also make changes to your contacts in person.  We do not accept changes over the phone, via fax, or by written note. 

Before/Afterschool Activities

To participate in a before or after-school activity, students must bring a signed permission slip that indicates the event's date(s) and time unless other arrangements have been made. If the student is to be picked up by someone other than the parent, that person's name must be included on the permission slip and listed on the student's authorized to check out the list.  Students will not be allowed to call for permission on the event day.  No child may stay for an after-school activity without a parent's permission slip/signed note indicating who will pick up the child.  No change will be made to these special arrangements without another note from the parent detailing the change. 

We follow Gwinnett County School policies and procedures regarding attendance, which are linked HERE.  Parent notes regarding absences are due within 5 days of returning to school.  

It is always the student's responsibility to make up any work missed during an absence as soon as possible.  The front office will be happy to assist in collecting work for someone to pick up when the absence is for an excused reason and is for more than one day.  Students should be prepared to take missed test(s) on the days following an absence. If you would like teachers to collect assignments due to a planned, excused absence, please allow them 48 hours to prepare the assignments.

The school cafeteria plays a vital role in the school's health and wellness program.  A well-balanced breakfast and lunch are offered daily to promote good nutritional habits.  Please do not bring or send fast food to the school for breakfast or lunch.  Breakfast is served from 8:20 to 8:50. Please note that breakfast may not be available for students arriving after 8:50. Lunch is scheduled for each class.  Parents are welcome to eat lunch with their children after the first two weeks of school and before the last week of school.  Parents and their children are welcome to sit at our guest tables.  Parents must say goodbye in the cafeteria so students can easily transition back to their classrooms. If you have questions about our nutrition program or the cafeteria, please contact our cafeteria manager at 770-736-4428.

If your child has a food allergy or intolerance, the state requires the cafeteria to have a signed doctor's note on file.  The document must be on the doctor's letterhead and include the following information:  the child's name, the food allergy/intolerance, and a list of replacement food the child may have, like soy milk, juice, chocolate milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream, etc., and the doctor's signature.  This document must only come from the doctor so that we know how to substitute food options.  We cannot always honor parent requests.

Cell Phones/Personal Devices

Students have access to learning devices during the school day.  Consequently, cell phones and other personal devices are no longer be allowed in the classroom and should not be brought to school. If a student must bring a cell phone or other device, it must be off and stored out of sight during the school day and on the bus. Smart watches may be worn but must be used for telling time only. Smartwatches cannot be worn during assessments, such as the Milestones.  Students may not text use social media, or communicate via technology during school hours.   Cell phones and personal devices that are not turned off and stored properly, and smart watches that are not used appropriately, may be confiscated, and the student may be subject to disciplinary action.  Britt Elementary is not responsible for damage, loss, or theft of a student’s device, including cell phones or watches.  If an exception to this policy is needed, please contact an administrator.

Devices

All students will be assigned a device to use at school. Third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade students may be allowed to take these devices home daily, depending on the classroom instructional requirements. Devices will be sent to kindergarten, first, and second grades on an as-needed basis.  Devices should be returned to school the next school day for use in the classroom. The purpose of these devices is instruction.  Files and software installed on a student’s assigned device should meet Gwinnett County’s instructional standards. Students are responsible for maintaining this equipment and must take precautions to ensure it remains in good working order.  Parents may be financially responsible for purposeful or negligent damage caused by their child.  Students are expected to follow the district’s acceptable technology use policy, which can be found in the Gwinnett Public School Student Handbook on the GCPS website.  If a student engages in unauthorized use, including failure to follow the district's acceptable use policy, confiscation of the device and disciplinary action may result.

Personal Items

Students should not bring personal items to school unless needed for instruction. Bringing personal items to school is at your own risk; we do not investigate the loss or theft of personal items. Articles such as cameras, games, decks of cards, and toys should not be brought to school unless requested by the teacher for a specific purpose. Students should not wear expensive jewelry and expensive clothing to school. Please write your child's name on all personal property for easy identification and to help us reunite personal property with students when lost.  If your child has lost an item, he/she may visit the lost and found area to locate any lost items during non-instructional time.  Unclaimed articles are donated to a charity periodically. Students should not bring money without a specific school-related purpose.  Money should be in an envelope or bag labeled with the child’s and teacher’s names.

Weapons, including toy weapons like Nerf guns, knives, and laser pointers, are strictly forbidden. Inappropriate articles brought to school will be forwarded to the office, and administrative consequences may be issued. In addition, selling items or exchanging money between students is not allowed.

Snacks

Please send a water bottle with your child's name to school to keep your child hydrated while in the gym and recess field. We have bottle fillers available for students to refill water bottles. Please do not send snacks for your child at school without consulting your child's teacher. Snacks can be a health risk for some students and are a distraction from instruction.  Teachers set their classroom snack policy.  A snack sent to school may be eaten at lunch.   

Britt Elementary provides a clinic worker to administer prescribed medication and handle minor emergencies during the school day.  For your child's safety, the school must have up-to-date contact and health information for emergencies. If your contact information changes, please update your information in the parent portal or Parent Vue as soon as possible. If your child's health information changes, please contact our clinic worker.

Illness

You will be called if your child has been seriously injured, is vomiting, is running a fever of 100 degrees or more, appears to have other infectious diseases or issues, or is otherwise too sick to remain in school.  Please plan to pick up your child within 30 minutes of being contacted.  If you are not available, we will call your emergency contacts.  Please do not send your child to school if your child is running a fever greater than 100, is vomiting, or has an illness that could be contagious. In addition, certain infectious diseases require a physician's note before students can be readmitted to school.  Please call the clinic for more information if needed. 

Heath Management Plans

A Health Management Plan must be on file for students with health conditions that must be managed at school.  The county nurse and school clinic worker will work with parents to develop a plan to address issues that may regularly occur or suddenly arise during the school day. For example, if a child has a condition that prevents them from participating in instruction, such as PE or recess, a doctor's note will be required to accompany the Health Management Plan.

Medication Administration

If a student has a condition that requires the administration of medication at school, the following guidelines must be met for our clinic worker to administer the medication:

1.       Appropriate paperwork from the parent and doctor must be on file with the clinic.  This paperwork includes an Administration of Medication Request form and may include a Health Management Plan. This includes regularly administered medication, emergency medication, short-term administered medication, and on-demand administration like Tylenol. 

2.       Prescription and over-the-counter medication/treatments must be in the original container with instructions clearly stated. 

3.       Medication must be brought to school by an adult.  This includes over-the-counter medication/treatments. No child is to carry medication/treatments on his/her person or in his/her book bag unless other requirements have been met.  Please see the clinic if you need information about medication-carrying permissions.   

4.       The parent the clinic worker and/or county nurse must meet to review the guidelines for administering medication.

Keep Contact Information Current

You are responsible for keeping your contact information up to date. This applies to your address and phone number as well as that of your emergency contacts. You can use the Parent Portal or ParentVUE to update your contact information. We use this information to contact you in emergencies like student illnesses or inclement weather and for routine events like absences or transportation changes. Report cards and other notices are mailed home, too.  Working phone numbers are imperative for teachers and the clinic in case of emergencies and for routine communication. 

Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a school-wide behavior system that focuses on establishing a climate where appropriate behavior is the norm.  Expectations are taught, modeled, acknowledged, monitored, and celebrated or retaught as necessary.  Our students show Comet PRIDE by demonstrating Politeness, Respect, Integrity, Discipline, and Effort.

Students who struggle with these expectations or GCPS's Student Behavior Code may be issued a minor incident report and receive a classroom consequence.  Repeated violations may result in a disciplinary referral to the administration, leading to more severe consequences.  

For more information about the GCPS Student Behavior Code, click HERE.

A student's dress is primarily the responsibility of the student and the parents. We expect students to dress in a safe manner for themselves and their peers, not distract teachers or other students and not disrupt the school's instructional program. Students are encouraged to dress appropriately for school in clothes suitable for the weather conditions and safety. When a student's dress is deemed detrimental to the learning environment and violates any of the guidelines, he/she will be asked to change into clothing kept in the clinic or call his/her parents to bring something more appropriate. Please use the following guidelines to help your child select school-appropriate clothing:

1.       Clothing should fit properly so students can move easily and be comfortable throughout the day. Children should be able to independently put on or remove their clothing when needed, for example, when toileting.

2. Clothing should not distract the wearer or other students in the school. 

3.       Clothing should cover the body.  Stomachs, bottoms, or underwear should be covered by clothing.  In addition, clothes should not be see-through, have thin straps, be torn or have revealing holes, or be excessively short. For example, tank tops and dresses must have straps, and shorts, dresses, or skirts should extend to the length that that fingertips can touch the bottom of the hem when standing. 

4.       Clothing should depict kind, positive images and encouraging words.   Clothing should not display or symbolize offensive or disrespectful words, attitudes, or designs. Examples of prohibited graphics include violence (blood, death, weapons), sex, hate groups, and drugs (including alcohol and tobacco).   This request is in accordance with School Board policy JCD. – Student Conduct Behavior Code.

5.       Clothing should not present a safety hazard for your child.  Examples include sagging pants that won't stay up without holding them, wheeled shoes, or jewelry worn in pierced areas other than the ears.  Sunglasses or tinted glasses can be worn outside but need to be off inside. 

6.       For safety reasons, only athletic-type shoes and appropriate clothing are to be worn to PE. Students who come unprepared cannot participate, and their grades will be affected.

7.       Students must wear appropriate footwear on the recess field as well.  Boots, shoes with high heels, and open-toed shoes sometimes result in injuries while playing.  Athletic type shoes are best for school.

8.       Hair coloring and styles should not be a distraction or keep any child from being able to see.

9.       Hats and hoods are only worn in the building on designated hat days.  Hats may be worn outside if they do not cause disruption. Students who refuse to remove their hats or hoods may be asked to change their clothes or be subject to disciplinary consequences. 

We reserve the right to determine if an article of clothing could be considered too dangerous or inappropriate.  You will be contacted and asked to bring a change of clothes to school.  If you have a question about the appropriateness of an article of clothing, send a change of clothing with your child just in case.    

Expectations

The Gwinnett County Academic Knowledge and Skills (AKS) is our essential curriculum. These and the Indicators of Achievement define what students should learn and do. Curriculum guides, instructional planners, the AKS database, and core instructional materials are some tools available to help teach and assess the curriculum. It is up to teachers to determine what methods and strategies are needed to help each student achieve the standard curriculum. Homework is one way to allow students more time and opportunity to practice, extend, and apply skills or preview new learning. Homework is assigned in a developmentally appropriate way to support learning. Some assignments are long-range and require planned study time for completion. You should plan to supervise a daily study time at home. If your child has no current assignments, the time can be used for reading.

Promotion

For more information about GCPS promotion requirements, click HERE.

Assessment

Teachers assess student progress in many ways. Progress in reading and writing is assessed using Gwinnett County Public Schools' reading and writing standards. Students in first through fifth grades take standardized assessments during the school year to monitor their progress. In addition, teachers regularly assess student progress in reading, writing, mathematics computation, problem-solving, and science and social studies content knowledge. Teacher-made tests based on the AKS and portfolio assessments help determine students' academic progress. Students at assigned grade levels participate in national and state standardized tests. Student performance on these tests gives you an idea of how your child compares with students of the same age taking the same tests.

Interventions

We provide interventions to all students to help them learn our curriculum. We have a designated block of time where students get extra help and/or enrichment so that they can reach their potential.  Interventions include co-teaching support when an additional teacher or support staff works in the classroom with the classroom teacher to provide other support or separate class support where students leave the classroom for small group instruction. A Student Support Team provides insight and specific suggestions to help classroom teachers best meet individual student needs. The counselor and school mentor provides social-emotional interventions when needed. In addition, a variety of programs, such as the gifted program, the English Language Learner program, the Early Intervention Program, and the special education program, provide services and specialized instruction to identified students. 

Specials

Students participate in art, music, computer science, PE, and health on a five-week rotation.  This means that students take the same special for a week and then rotate to a new special.  Please make sure that your child dresses and is prepared appropriately for the special event that they have. For example, in the case of art, students work with various media like markers, paint, or clay, and can sometimes have accidents that can stain clothing.  For PE, students should dress in clothing to move in and wear athletic shoes.  For computer science, students may need their devices daily.

Student Awards

Britt Elementary students are recognized with various awards for achievement, conduct, and character.  In addition, the school honors students with two different academic awards.  Honor Awards are earned by students who have no academic grades lower than an 80 and who have all S's and E's on their report cards.   Criteria for other recognitions vary depending on the nature of the awards.

Gwinnett County Public Schools is committed to becoming a system of world-class schools where students acquire the knowledge and skills to be successful in college and careers. Please click on the link below to learn about how we uphold the academic integrity of our school by understanding the core values and expectations for learning here in GCPS.

Click here to view the policies on Academic Integrity in GCPS.

We encourage you to be involved in school life. This includes communicating with your child's teacher, volunteering in our school, eating lunch with your child, and participating in school events. 

Parent Communication and Conferences

We believe that parents are full partners in their child's education.  You play a vital role in supporting your child's learning.  Staying informed about your child's progress enables you to help your child promptly.  You can stay up-to-date with your child's progress through the Parent Portal, ParentVue, and parent-teacher conferences.  Formal parent conferences are scheduled twice a year, during Early Release Weeks, which are held in October and March.  Watch for communication to be sent home regarding scheduling parent conferences, and check the school calendar for the dates of Early Release Days.  If you have specific concerns about your child's progress, you should schedule a conference with your child's teacher. 

If you need to communicate with your child's teacher, we encourage you to write a note, message through Parent Square, use email, or leave a phone message with our office staff.  Remember, our teachers instruct during the school day and cannot immediately answer messages, emails or phone calls. However, if circumstances allow, our staff is committed to responding to emails and calls within one school day of the parent's contact.  Concerns specific to your child's classroom or teacher should be addressed directly to the teacher. Then, if problems persist, your child's administrator or counselor will be happy to assist you. 

Elementary report cards, which describe a student's progress, are sent to parents and/or guardians at the end of each semester.  Additionally, the Parent Portal, also known as ParentVue, is available for accessing student progress information, as is your child's eCLASS.  For more information about Grading Policies or promotion requirements, see the district's Student/Parent Handbook or website

School Visitation

For your safety and the safety of our students, when you visit Britt Elementary during school hours, you must check in and out in the vestibule. Therefore, you should be prepared to show a photo ID when you arrive. In addition, you will receive a visitor's sticker and must wear it in an easily seen location on your clothing throughout your visit.  Visitors not wearing a visitor's sticker will be asked to go to the front desk to get a new or replacement sticker. 

Gwinnett County School Board Policy limits classroom visitors to current students' parents/guardians, other family members the student's parent/guardian approves of, and those the school invites for official business. Please make visitation arrangements in advance (except for lunch) to ensure the person you plan to visit is available. 

Eating Lunch with Your Child

You are invited to eat lunch with your child in the cafeteria or one of our courtyards if it is not used after the first two weeks of school.  When you eat in the lunchroom, please sit at a visitor's table along with the windows.  Lunchtime is short, so please ensure you arrive before your child's class comes to lunch and meet them in the lobby.  After lunch, allow your child to return with his/her class to their room to continue learning.  Please do not accompany your child back to the classroom.  Also, remember that our teachers are eating lunch during this time, so lunch is unsuitable for an impromptu parent conference. 

Organizations

We have several organizations that provide governance and guidance to our school. You are encouraged to participate in these organizations because we cannot make our school better without your input.   

School Council

The School Council serves as an advisory body to the school principal and local board of education by providing advice, recommendations, and assistance.

The purpose of the School Council is to develop and nurture parent participation, bring parents, community, and educators together to better understand and respect each other's concerns, and share ideas for school improvement. The school council consists of parents, teachers, parents who are also business representatives, and the school principal. Our School Council meets four times during the school year. These meetings are open to the public. See the school calendar for dates.

Title I Planning Meetings/Document Reviews

At our Title I planning meetings, parents, teachers, staff, and community members review our strengths and weaknesses to provide input on the development of our Local School Plan of Improvement.  Watch our calendar, website, and your child's Friday Folder for information on when these meetings are held. 

Title I Parent Workshops

Periodically, our Parent Instructional Coordinator offers parent workshops designed to teach you how to help your child at home.  These workshops are offered at a variety of times to fit into your schedule.  These workshops either focus on a grade-level specific AKS or content-related topics like math or writing.  You are encouraged to attend these workshops to learn more about what and how we are teaching. 

Volunteering

We always love to have volunteers. Volunteers have several responsibilities.  First, all adult volunteers are mandated reports, which means that they must report any suspected abuse of a child within 24 hours to the school principal, counselor, or other administrator. Failure to report any abuse, if convicted, could result in a misdemeanor, which could carry a fine and possible jail time.  If a child discloses something, don’t ask questions; thank them and immediately take them to the principal, counselor, or administrator. Next, our students are learning and growing.  You may see students making mistakes.  Those mistakes need to stay confidential.   Contact your child’s teacher, our Parent Teacher Organization, or our Parent Involvement Coordinator if you want to volunteer at Britt. 

Drills

Fire, tornado, and lockdown drills are held periodically throughout the school year. Instructions and maps are posted in the classroom indicating how to leave the building in case of a fire, where to go in case of a tornado, and what to do in case of a lockdown. The staff and students practice what to do during a drill periodically. 

School Cancellation / Inclement Weather

In the event of severe weather or other issues, the starting time of a school may be delayed, or all schools may be closed.  Announcements will be made on the radio station AM750 WSB, local television news, and the Gwinnett County Public Schools website, www.gcpsk12.org.  Reports in the morning are typically between 6:00 and 6:30 am. If no report is announced, the school will be in session.  The same conditions may also necessitate early dismissal.  Please do not call the school.  Telephone lines must be kept open for emergencies.

Students arrive and leave Britt through various transportation methods: riding in a bus, a car, a daycare van, or walking.  While we don't track how students arrive, we keep a transportation plan on file that details how a student will go home.  In addition, students must have a tag affixed to their book bag, which explains their regular transportation method home.  These tags are essential.  If your child does not have his/her book bag and tag, you must request one at the front office or with the teacher when he/she arrives, or you will need to check your child out of school.  If you change your child's book bag during the year, please cut the tag off and send it to school to be placed on the new book bag. 

Transportation Changes

If your child's transportation method changes temporarily, you must notify the school in writing each day the change is in effect.  If a note is not received, your child will ride home using his/her regular transportation method.  No changes will be made by fax, email, or phone.  If a permanent change in transportation occurs, the enrolling parent must complete a new transportation form in person, authorizing a change in transportation method. 

Bus Transportation

Students living in Britt's attendance zone are eligible to ride school buses. Students are picked up and dropped off at designated bus stops. Students are expected to ride their designated bus and depart at their designated stop. Students must have a bus tag or bus pass to ride the bus. Students without this must be picked up by their parents or other authorized person at school.

 Throughout the school year, students periodically receive instruction in safe riding procedures. Each bus driver is in complete charge of the pupils riding the bus. Students who refuse to obey the school bus safety guidelines may forfeit their right to ride the bus. The school bus rules can be found in the district Student Handbook.  We encourage all parents to review these rules with their children and help instill in the children the importance of safe and appropriate bus behavior.

If you have questions or need information about school bus transportation, please get in touch with the Transportation Supervisor—Regular Education Transportation: 678-344-7378 and Special Education Transportation 678-344-3852. 

Car Riders

We make every effort for a safe procedure for your child's arrival and departure from school.  Your cooperation in following the car rider procedures is greatly appreciated. 

·  When bringing your child to school or picking up your child after school, you must use the drive adjacent to Church Street. Cars are then routed through our parking lot, where school personnel supervise the arrival and dismissal of students. 

·  When arriving to drop off or pick up your child, please follow the car rider route.  Be courteous, and DO NOT turn left into the parking lot when others await to turn right.  Please enter the car rider line using the turnaround at the end of Church Street if the line is backed up.

·  The car rider line begins at 8:20 am and ends at 8:45 am.  If you arrive after 8:45 am please park and walk your child to the front lobby. 

·  The use of the front drive between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. is strictly prohibited. For the safety of our children, the drive is a bus-only zone when students are loading or unloading the busses.

·  Do not allow children to exit the car without staff supervision. Please give our staff a moment to get to their duty location in the mornings.

·  Children must exit and enter the car on the side closest to the sidewalk.  If this is impossible, please leave your vehicle and walk your child onto the sidewalk. 

·  Cars must remain in line and only unload at the designated areas under staff supervision.  Do not park and send your child through the parking lot. If your child is not dropped off at the car rider lane's designated spot, you must walk them into the building.

·  Please have your child ready to exit the vehicle when you arrive at the designated drop-off area. 

·  Do not pass any other cars unless directed to do so by staff.  

·  Families who plan to transport home via personal vehicles at any point during the year should request a car rider number and tag from the front office.  Cars arriving at dismissal must have a tag to pick up.  You must come inside and check out your child if you do not have the tag.  The tag only permits picking up a child during car rider time.  If checking out from the office, a photo ID must be presented, and authorization must be on file.

·  Pickup in the car rider lane begins at 3:20 and ends at 3:45. 

Other Transportation

Child Care Providers: Several childcare providers serve Britt students, including commercial child development centers and home daycare centers.  The front office can sahre a list of the commercial childcare providers currently serving Britt.  Students can be dropped off and picked up by these childcare providers.  Students who ride childcare vans must have a transportation authorization (TPA) on file noting the provider and a transportation tag detailing this.  For students who ride GCPS transportation, the transportation manager must approve transportation to an alternate address, such as a home daycare provider within Britt's attendance zone.  Once a student is approved for transportation to a childcare provider, please notify the school and the childcare provider if changes must be made.  Childcare providers have the right to refuse to transport a student, and a parent must make other arrangements if this happens.  Please ensure you know of any school day the provider might be closed and make alternate transportation arrangements in advance. 

If your childcare provider is chronically late dropping off or picking up your child, you will be notified that you need to work with the provider to get your child to school or picked up on time.  Using a childcare provider does not exempt students from our late check-in, early check-out, or late pickup policies.

Walkers: Students may walk to and from school accompanied by a caregiver. For students who walk home, the caregiver must be on the list of people authorized to check out their child and should be prepared to present a photo ID when picking them up. 

After-school programs: Students participating in the after-school program at Britt will transition to that program after school and be picked up per program instruction when it is time to go home.  Students transitioning to or from the program must notify the office so that we can note the change in transportation. 

Children left at or brought back to school

Sometimes, things happen that cause a child not to be picked up or returned to school on the bus. District procedure states that school personnel shall take the following steps for children not picked up at the end of the school day by a parent/caregiver, childcare provider, or children returned to school by the bus.

After the second week of school, the first time a child is not picked up by 3:50 pm or is brought back to school by the school bus, we will contact you for pickup.  We will contact you for pickup for the second incident and contact our Safety and Security department.  A School Resource Office will get in touch with you.  A referral to DFACS for neglect will be made for the third incident and beyond.