Dismissal & Carpool

Dismissal Procedures
2026 – 2027
PreK-1 through 7

General Procedures:

• All students Pre K-1 through 7th grade are dismissed at 3:00 p.m. If you need to check out your child early, please do so by 2:40 p.m. Early check outs are recorded on your child’s report card and are part of their cumulative record.
• Parents must remain in their vehicles and use the carpool process.
• Everyone’s safety is of utmost importance, please be cautious and courteous in the parking lots.
• Students not picked up by 3:20 p.m. will be sent to after care.
• Please review the carpool diagrams on the school’s website. There are 3 different carpool lines so be certain to review the process for your child’s grade level.
• For safety, students should always enter/exit vehicles from the passenger side door.
• Due to P.E. classes and school activities, the gate on the Barataria side of the campus cannot be opened before 2:40 each day. Do not block the flow of traffic on Barataria by stopping on the road to wait for the gate to open. This causes a dangerous traffic situation on Barataria Blvd. for which you can be ticketed.

Riders:

• Students who ride home in cars are dismissed at approximately 3:00 p.m. Please display a sign on your dashboard with the name(s) of the child(ren) you are picking up. Students are picked up using a car pool process. Students should enter vehicles using the passenger side for safety. Picking up students from the wrong side of the campus will only add to confusion at dismissal.
• Pre K-1 through 3rd grade students are dismissed at 3:00 from the Barataria lot (by the gym). All parents must remain in their car and use the grade appropriate car pool process. Please pull up as close as possible to the car in front of you in the car pool line. This will allow more cars to get into the lot. Duty teachers will assist getting your child into the car.
• 4th through 7th grade students are dismissed from the Ames parking lot (by the cafe). All parents must remain in their car and use the car pool process. There are 2 car pool pick up lines. 6th – 7th parents should use the car pool line nearest Ames Blvd., and 4th – 5th grade parents should use the car pool line that goes under the church covered entrance. Please do not park/block the car pool exit lane.
• To avoid confusion for families with children in multiple grade levels, students in 4th ~ 7th grade with a younger sibling in Pre K-1 through 3rd will be dismissed from the Barataria parking lot at 3:00.