Bus drivers will be in contact with parents/guardians prior to the first day of school to go over transportation arrangements. This will include bus pick-up times, bus stop locations, and drop-off times.

When there is a change in your student's transportation, please send an email to your student(s) teacher and kpetrak@sandwich430.org so the office is aware as well. In an emergency, please get in touch with the school office no later than 2:00 pm so we can notify our staff and ensure your child's safe dismissal. If the school does not have notice of a change in transportation, a student will be sent home in their typical fashion.

When dropping students off in the parking lot, we ask that everyone stays in line to exit the parking lot for everyone’s safety. Please do NOT go around the vehicles in the line unless one of the building staff asks you to. Parents please remain in cars, our staff will help students if needed. Please practice with your littles at home how to get in and out of the car by themselves.

Pick up- please have your name paper properly displayed in the passenger seat visor so our staff can easily see them and keep our line moving.

Walkers dismiss from the 4th grade doors- Door 5.

There is NO PARKING on W Pleasant Ave.

*School supervision of students begins at 7:45. They will be let in the building at 7:55.

*If your student arrives after the 8:05 bell, you must accompany your student to the front doors of the school and ring the bell. You will be required to sign your student in at the front office.

*If your student needs to leave school before the end of the day, please call the office and email your child's teacher. When picking them up, please come to the front doors, and someone in the office will assist you in signing your student out for the day. Your child will be called to the office when you arrive.

The district worked closely with the Regional Office of Education to create an attendance policy that is more aligned with the rest of the county. Our goal is to reduce the number of Chronic Absentee students within the district.

To achieve this goal, we updated our attendance policy to create systems of support to monitor attendance and support families. The biggest changes are outlined below for families. Additional details can be found in the student handbook for each school.

Please help us achieve a positive school outcome through consistent student attendance. This is a significant predictor of student and school success. If someone in your family is unable to attend school for the day, it will be important that you report the absence by 10:00 AM.

Our district follows a security protocol for guests and volunteers entering the buildings. This system requires identification from visitors (i.e. state ID, driver’s license, etc.), and all visitors will be photographed. A quick background check will be performed by searching US sex offender databases (with the option to expand this to criminal databases.). The system also links with our student database to provide an extra layer of protection for students with no contact orders.