At Meet-the-Teacher, your child's homeroom teacher asked you how your child will be dismissed. At Lakewood, we have the following options: front door walkers, back door walkers, car riders, day care van, and bus riders. If you have any questions about your child's dismissal, please email your child's teacher. Thank you!
Car Rider Procedures: (If you are new to the car rider line, please scroll down & watch the video by clicking on the blue button.)
- We are asking parents to not begin arriving at the morning car rider line until 8:05 am and the dismissal car rider line until 3:40 pm. Please do not enter the LES grounds until these times because our staff members need to be able to enter and exit the parking lots.
- Please remain in your car at all times.
- Drop off - Staff will wave & your children exit the car.
- Pick up – Post PURPLE Family Dismissal Tag (provided at Meet the Teacher) on rear view mirror and staff will get students to car. If you do not have your PURPLE Family Dismissal Tag, you will need to go to the front office so that we can check your id.
Please be alert for students walking to school and in crosswalks.
Please do not talk or text on cell phones while driving in the school zone. This is a state law.
We are attempting to keep traffic off of Gettysburg as much as possible. If the car rider line extends onto Gettysburg, please follow these procedures:
Form one line down Gettysburg Drive from Louetta in the right hand lane. This allows residents to travel throughout the neighborhood without waiting in the car rider line.
If you need to join the car rider line, please do so at the end of the line. Please do not join the line at the stop sign or at the entrance to the school.
Please do not park in front of driveways so that homeowners have access to their homes.
We are asking that you only make a right turn when leaving our parking lot and turning onto Gettysburg Drive.
Front Door Walker / Bike Rider Procedures:
- Front Door Walkers may enter the building at 8:10 through the front doors.
- At dismissal, parents line up on the small playground in front of the school. (See map below)
- Parents must park off of the school grounds.
Do not park near the crosswalk on Gettysburg Drive so that drivers can see our students in the crosswalk, and our students can have a clear view of oncoming cars.
Bring your PURPLE family dismissal hang tag with you. If you do not have your family tag, we will need to check your id.
If you want to give CONSENT for your child to be released to an OLDER LAKEWOOD STUDENT or ALONE, ask for the consent form. These students will be dismissed out of the gym exit doors near the PK classrooms.
Sign up for the Rainy Day Remind Messages: Send a text to this number: 81010 Text this in the message: @lesrainy
Back Door Walker / Bike Rider Procedures:
- Back Door Walkers may enter the building at 8:10 am through the doors by the counselor’s office.
Please do not talk or text on cell phones while driving in the school zone. This is a state law.
The street behind the school, Gatesden, can become congested during dismissal. Cars and buses must be able to pass through on Gatesden. Please be sure to only park in areas that do not restrict the flow of traffic.
Please do not park near the crosswalks so that drivers can see our students in the crosswalk, and our students can have a clear view of oncoming cars.
Please be courteous to the homeowners in this area and do not block their driveways or access to their homes.
Bring your PURPLE family dismissal hang tag with you. If you do not have your family tag, we will need to check your id.
Parent pick up line begins at the gate of the playground at the back of the school. (See map below). When the dismissal bell rings, the line will move up to the back door (by the counselor's office).
If you want to give CONSENT for your child to be released to an OLDER LAKEWOOD STUDENT or ALONE, ask for the consent form.
Sign up for the Rainy Day Remind Messages: Send a text to this number: 81010
Text this in the message: @lesrainy
Bus Procedures:
- If you have any questions about bus routes, contact the transportation department at 281-357-3193.
- Please expect the buses to run late during the first week of school.
- Our TISD buses use the SMART Tag system. Each student has an id badge that will be placed on their backpack. (Students will receive the badges on the 1st day of school.) Students scan their badges as they enter and exit the bus.
- Pre-Kindergarten, ECSE, Kindergarten, and 1st grade students must have an adult meet them at the bus stop unless a parent permission form is signed. If there is not an authorized adult at the bus stop, PK-1st grade students will be returned to the school until a parent can pick them up.
- Bus schedules are now available in the Smart Tag Admin Parent Portal https://parent.smart-tag.net/Home/SelectDistrict
- If no bus information is provided in the ST portal, refer to infofinder via: http://www.infofinderi.com/ifi/?cid=TI05693839218
Daycare Van Procedures:
- The daycare vans pick up their students in the car rider line & follow the car rider procedures above.
Thank you for your cooperation in helping keep our students safe!
