Arrival / Dismissal Procedures

All students will enter through the main doors (walkers, drop off, bus riders, and daycare van riders). Doors open at 9:00 AM. All students MUST be in their seats by 9:15 AM or they are considered tardy. Breakfast is served daily from 9:00-9:15 AM. Please ensure our scholars arrive on time daily! If you are driving your student to school, please use the map below (the green arrows) to locate where to pull in and wait.

Walkers and Parent Pick Up will be dismissed first starting at 3:45PM. Walkers will exit through the back doors of the school where the gym/cafeteria are located (the blue area on the map below). It is understood that as walkers, these students ARE NOT being monitored by school staff once they leave the gymnasium exit doors for the day. They are instructed to walk home and not linger around the school. Parent Pick Up students will meet their pick up person on the side of the school near the trailers. Signs will be set up by grade level and we ask that parents line up behind their signs. Parking is located in green on the map below. If you have students in various grade levels, you will have to go to each grade level to retrieve each of your students. ONLY adults aged 18+ with a photo ID and that are on the child's emergency contact list will be permitted to pick up their student. NO EXCEPTIONS!! This is for the safety of our students and this is the policy of Charles County Public Schools. Bus riders and daycare van riders will dismiss from the front doors at the end of the school day.

Please notify teachers at least 24 hours in advance of any changes in transportation for your student(s). It is often difficult to have changes made on short notice. While we understand that emergencies occur, we ask that you put in writing any changes in dismissal to the teacher 24 hours in advance. If the teacher DOES NOT respond to your change request as they are engaging in instruction with their classes throughout the day, please notify the following staff members so they can notify the teacher of the change: lstephenson@ccboe.com (Assistant Principal) and nhawkins@ccboe.com (Principal).

Our late bell is at 9:15 AM and students are expected to be in their classroom at that time. If your student is late to school, please park in a parking space and walk up to the door to sign them in. If it is after 9:20am, please ring the bell to enter the building to sign your student in. Thank you!

In order to pick your student up as an early dismissal, you must be at the school prior to 3:20 PM. Any parent/guardian arriving after 3:20 PM will be directed to the Parent Pick Up process rather than being granted the early dismissal.