Arrival & Dismissal Procedures
We had a great first full week at RPS!!!! Thank you to everyone for helping to make our afternoon car rider line go smoothly. For those veteran parents, you already know that as the year goes along morning drop-off and afternoon dismissal gets better and better each day. However, we can always use your help, so below are some things you can do to help us!
All parents/guardians please stay in the vehicle. We recognize that our younger students may need extra help to enter/exit the vehicle. A staff member will be available to assist your child. We do ask though that if your child is in a 5 point harness that you unbuckle them.
Arrive early-our car rider entrance opens at 7:00, and school starts at 7:50 this year.
Please make sure your child is prepared to exit/enter the vehicle once you have come to a complete stop.
Please pull forward as far as possible so that our car rider line will go smoothly and this will allow us to move as quickly as possible.
Please make sure your car tag is clearly visible in the front windshield until your child is safely in the vehicle.
Please allow your child to exit/enter the vehicle on the passenger side.
We are a tobacco free campus. Smoking of any kind is prohibited on our campus at all times.
Please refrain from using cell phones or electronic devices while in the car rider line.
If your child needs help with their seatbelt in the afternoon, please pull off to the side as you are exiting our line. This will keep the flow of the car rider line moving.
If you have forgotten your car tag or have not given it to the designated person responsible for picking up your child, you must park your vehicle in the upper parking lot and go inside to the front office. Please remember to have your ID ready for office personnel.
*We have instituted these procedures for the safety of our students. With this policy, we are able to avoid mishaps that can occur without appropriate and safe procedures in place. We hope that every parent/guardian will help us in improving this process. The safety of our students comes first.
We thank you for your understanding and patience. ☺
Mission:
Learning, loving, and growing together!
Vision:
Equipping everyone for excellence!
Value Promise:
Every tiger, every day, without exception!
*Doors open at 7am.
*After the first week parents will be required to drop off in the car rider line. This is a Catoosa County Safety Policy that all primary/elementary schools follow.
*Starting Monday (8/19) students will either walk to the cafeteria (7:00am- 7:30am) or their grade level hallway (7:30am-7:50am).
*We always have helpers to assist students in getting to class or the cafeteria.
*If you would like to eat breakfast (after the first week), ID will be required to enter the building and you must sign-in at front office. Your visitor sticker allows you entrance to the cafeteria only, after you eat please let your child to walk to class alone, sign out at the front office, and exit the building. This is for safety purposes. It is important that I know who is in the building and where they are.
*Our bus entrance will only be used for buses and preschool drop off, all other car riders will need to enter and be dropped off through the main car rider line.
*Class time and attendance are important this year our bell will ring at 7:45 and instruction will start at 7:50. It is important that your student arrives on time so they aren't missing any key instruction.
*Dismissal and arrival will take longer the first couple of weeks, but I promise it does get better!
