Just a reminder, our tardy bell rings at 7:55AM.
Students are expected to be in their seats at 7:55 as the bell rings to begin the school day. We begin our parent drop off line at 7:15, which is 10 minutes earlier than our first bell, in an effort to help more students get to class on time and reduce the number of cars attempting to drop students off closer to the tardy bell time. We have observed a large gap in our drop off line with just a steady slow stream of cars between 7:35-7:45. Some days, there may only be a car or two coming through the drop off line at this time. If you are having difficulty getting your student in before the 7:55 bell, we suggest trying to drop your child off around 7:40. We appreciate your help!
Thank you so much for your cooperation as we implemented changes to our car line. Our goal of moving additional cars off the street and into our drop off and pick up lanes is being accomplished! As a reminder, in response to community local traffic concerns, the Lee County School District has requested Trafalgar Elementary use double lanes in our interior parent drop off/pick up lines. Cars enter single file as usual and split to double lanes at the first left turn. Cars will remain in double lanes until the final turn near the stop sign. School personnel will then direct cars to move forward in a single line 10 cars at a time for single line student pick up, and students will continue to be assigned to cones based on the car tag numbers.
Parent morning drop off will also utilize the double lines until a steady stream of single file cars enter and there is no back up on the street. Please move forward as directed to allow students to exit the cars. Morning car lines are moving quickly and smoothly!
Remember, this initiative is designed to reduce the number of cars on 20th Avenue, and we are doing it! Here are a few tips that will help us all to keep the flow and accomplish the task.
· Be sure your students are ready to exit the car in the morning.
· Please make every attempt to have your child enter and exit your car on the passenger/sidewalk side of the car.
· Please keep your car tag displayed until your child enters the car.
· If your child is not a walker living within 2 miles of the school, please do not use the side street to drop off your child in the morning as it slows the flow of traffic considerably every time the crossing guard stops traffic.
Your help and big smiles are appreciated every day! We are completing our pick up line about 2:40 daily! Thanks for making student drop off and pick up at Trafalgar safe and efficient! Thank You!!
Reminder: No parking or pick up at church.
Our church neighbor has informed us that parents are parking in church lots and picking up students from school. They have asked us to let you know they will be notifying authorities if parents continue this practice. Please follow all school procedures for parent drop off and dismissal, and do not park in the church lot unless it is a designated event for which we have obtained permission as a school. Thanks for your cooperation!
Reminder: Early Sign Outs for Students
Please try to remember we do not allow early sign outs for students between 1:30 and 2:10 unless in the case of an emergency. We understand emergencies do come up, however, it is very difficult for our office staff and classroom teachers to prepare students for dismissal when we are finishing up our school day and preparing for whole school dismissal. Thanks for understanding!
Where's the Bus App
Please register for the Where's the Bus App if you have a bus assigned to your student. You will be able to see when your student boards, track the ride to and from school, and see when your student leaves the bus. The district would like to have all families of bus riders registered in the App, so please see below for instructions as to how to register. Thank you!
Out of Field Information
Florida State Statute 1012.42 recognizes that teachers at times must be assigned duties in a class outside the field in which the teacher is certified. The following teachers at Trafalgar Elementary are certified, but may be assigned one or more classes outside their areas of certification and are required to take appropriate steps to comply with the statutory regulation. The following teachers are engaged in training to add English for Speakers of Other Languages to their certificate.
Thank you,
Lisa Murphy, Principal
Trafalgar Elementary School
Email: Bethew@leeschools.net
Website: TES.leeschools.net
Phone: 239-283-3043