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Grissom Families,

Please read below to learn our arrival and dismissal procedures for walkers/bikers, car riders, and bus riders. It is important that all parents and students review them before the start of the school year.

Arrival (8:25 - 8:35 AM)

Staff is on hand to supervise students outside the entrances of the building starting at 8:25 AM every morning. If your child is a walker or car rider, it is recommended they arrive between 8:25 AM and 8:35 AM in order to arrive to their first period class by the 8:40 AM bell.

Walker / car rider entrances will be not be accessible after 8:37 AM. Students who arrive after this time will need to report directly to the main office and may be marked tardy to school.

Dismissal (3:07 PM)

Students are dismissed at 3:07 PM every full school day. On half days, students are dismissed at 12 PM.

Our two designated car drop off and pick up locations are northbound on Grissom Drive and eastbound on 169th Street. Drop off and pick up students on the side nearest to the school. See the map below for the specific locations.

In an effort to ensure safety and improve traffic flow, all vehicles dropping off and picking up students on Grissom Drive will be required to turn right onto 169th street after completing drop off / pick up. NO LEFT TURN is permitted onto 169th Street.

Please refrain from dropping off or picking up students in areas other than our the locations designated in this plan - including side streets, and personal driveways/parking lots. Also, please refrain from using personal driveways as turnaround locations. We want to be good neighbors to those living in the homes surrounding Grissom.

Walkers and bike riders must cross the street at 169th Street and Grissom Drive when arriving to and leaving from school and then head westbound. A crossing guard is assigned to this corner to safely cross students at arrival and dismissal.

Refer to the information and map below indicating safe walking routes to school. If your child walks or rides a bike to school, please take time to review and discuss the appropriate route to take when traveling to and from school.

BREMENTOWNE AREA

All students north of 167th Street and east of 80th Avenue are to walk to 76th Avenue, Ozark Avenue, Parliament Avenue, Paxton Avenue, and Princeton Avenue toward 167th Street and 80th Avenue and cross with the crossing guard at 167th Street and 80th Avenue. Students living on Paxton Avenue south of 167th Street should walk north to 167th Street and 80th Avenue and cross with the crossing guard at 167th Street and 80th Avenue.

MEADOWS & TANBARK SUBDIVISIONS

Students in these areas should walk south to 167th Street and 82nd Avenue and cross with the

crossing guard at 167th St. and 82nd Avenue to 169th Street. Students should cross with the crossing guard at 169th Street and Grissom Drive to the rear of the school.

CHERRY HILLS SUBDIVISION

Students in this area should travel through their subdivision to 167th Street and continue east on 167th Street to 82nd Avenue and south to 169th Street to the school. Students should cross with the crossing guard at 167th Street and 82nd Avenue or at 167th Street and 80th Avenue. Students should also cross at 169th Street and Grissom Drive with the crossing guard.

Students riding the bus to school will be dropped off and picked up in the bus corral on the east end of the building. They will enter and exit through the designated bus doors. Check the Infinite Campus Parent Portal (LINK) for bus route information. 2024-25 Bus Route Information will be released on August 9th.

Principal Michael Rumbaugh- mirumbaugh@ksd140.org

Website: ksd140.org/grissom
Location: 17000 South 80th Avenue, Tinley Park, IL, 60477
Phone: 708-429-3030