Getting to school safely

Our policies/procedures are designed to maintain a safe and efficient experience for all students and families. We ask all parents to follow the designated traffic flow and drop-off/pick-up locations as outlined in our school map below and continued communication.

Students may not arrive on campus before 8:00 AM, per district guidelines. The only exception to this is car riders, because we need to open the car rider line at 7:55 AM to get all of the cars through. Students arriving through the car line between 7:55 AM- 8:00 AM are asked to stand outside either the front door (Door 1) or Doors 13 or 14, where staff members will be supervising. When the 8:00 AM door bell rings, students may begin entering the building.

Students must arrive in time to be in their seats for the start of instruction in order to avoid being counted as tardy. In accordance with District 203 policy students who arrive after the 8:15 AM bell must be signed in by an adult in the front office. A sign has been placed in front of Door 1 indicating when the 8:15 AM bell has sounded and students arriving once the sign is displayed must be signed in by an adult. In the event a student that walks to school is tardy, office staff may call home to report the tardy. This is necessary to prevent tardiness patterns and to ensure the parent/guardian is aware.

Here are some other important things to note:

• Students must be dropped off in the driveway in front of school or on Warwick Avenue as directed by staff. There will be a sign where the cut off is for Warwick Avenue drop off. For safety reasons, children must NOT be picked up or dropped off on Warwick Drive or in the cul-de-sac just off of Warwick.

• Due to the very limited parking and congestion, parents must drop students off in the carline. At no time should adults or students cross the parent drive during arrival or dismissal.

• It is important that drivers pull completely forward in the carpool lane until reaching the stopped car in front of them, or until reaching the end of the carpool lane. In the event that you do not pull forward, staff have been directed to wave cars forward in order to keep the line moving efficiently. Please do not stop when you see your child if a staff member is waving you forward.

• Please do not pull around cars stopped in front of you. Instead, we ask that you wait patiently until the car in front of you proceeds forward to exit the carpool lane.

• THIS IS NEW: The left lane will not be open during arrival. Everyone will need to go through the car line, even structured learning families, who can then pull into the lot near the bike racks. Allowing the left lane to remain open has caused unsafe situations such as cars speedning down the lane, cutting in front of cars trying to go straight after dropping off their kids, and close calls with pedestrians.

• Please adhere to the no parking signs placed by the City of Naperville. Police officers frequently come to observe arrival and did give out several tickets to families last year who did not adhere to the signage.

• Please see the image below for further clarification.

Afternoon Dismissal Policies/Procedures

Students will exit via their assigned doors (see picture below) shortly after the dismissal bell at 2:30 PM.

Parents that choose to walk up to the building to meet their students are asked to remain well clear of the assigned exit door. These students are considered our “walkers.” Parents in the immediate vicinity of the dismissal doors will be asked to move a reasonable distance from the doors to wait for their child. This is necessary to ensure the safety and security of all students. If possible, based on the age and familiarity of the child, we ask parents to meet their students at a predetermined location well away from the school proper. Possibilities include the bike rack located on the northeast edge of the building or near one of the two crosswalks. “Car riders” will proceed directly to their cars once the car has entered the parent drive directly in front of the school. Students that do not see their car will wait along the front side of the building with staff. Students are prohibited from accessing vehicles still positioned on Warwick Drive. If you are picking up your child in the car, you must utilize the car line.

Students walking home must leave the school grounds immediately upon dismissal unless accompanied by an adult. Students are not permitted to play on the playground before or after school unless accompanied by an adult. All students should have a plan for after school that involves adult supervision. If students go to the Naper library after school, they must be accompanied by an adult who is supervising them.

If you need to change your student’s pickup on any given day from a walker to a car rider to a daycare van rider or vice-versa, you must call the school office before 2:00 PM, so we have ample time to deliver the message to your student. Please do not email the classroom teacher with day of dismissal changes, as they may not see your message while they are teaching, which could result in a student not knowing where to go after school. Thank you for your help in ensuring all students get home safely from school.

Student Dismissal Plans

Please ensure that both your child and his/her teacher know how they will be getting home from school for the year. At Scott, students will either be car riders, walkers, attend the in-house YMCA program or an area daycare. If your child is being dropped off or picked up by an area daycare, please email Tricia Fallon (tfallon@naperville203.org) by Tuesday, August 11th at 3:00 PM to let her know.

You should plan on having your child go home from school a similar way each day, but we understand that might not always be possible. If you have a weekly schedule (for example, every Monday and Tuesday your child is a car rider, but every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday they go to the YMCA program), make sure that is communicated with the teacher.

If you have to change the way your child is getting home on the day of, please call the school office and let us know by 2:00 PM at the latest. Do not email the teacher- they are teaching and most likley won't see your message. Our office staff relays dismissal changes to teachers each afternoon.