MJS Carpool Guidelines 2016-2017
Revised September 9, 2016
Please follow safety rules and remember consideration of others will help carpool run smoothly.
No U Turns in Carpool Lines
Mayfield Junior School relies on your partnership in upholding standards of safety, courtesy and efficiency. Please do not text or talk on the phone while in carpool line. Please refrain from making a U-turn anywhere in the perimeter of the school.
PLEASE NOTE: NO LEFT TURN FROM DEL MAR ON TO EUCLID 7:45-8:15am and 2:45-3:30 pm
Dismissal Times
MONDAYS thru THURSDAYS
Grades K-4: 3:10 pm.
Grades 5-8: 3:20 pm.
FRIDAYS
Grades K-4: 2:25 pm.
Grades 5-8: 2:35 pm.
HALF DAYS
Grades K-8: 12:00 pm.
Morning Drop-Off
Seventh Grade Students help assist students out of their cars. Students MUST BE dropped off AFTER the fire-hydrant on Euclid. Traffic backs up to the Del Mar intersection if dropped off before the hydrant.
Morning drop-off of students is at one of two locations:
- Euclid Avenue
The Euclid Avenue drop-off is for the unloading of students only.
Cars should pull through the traffic cone lane past the first fire hydrant.
Always drive as far forward as possible to allow other cars to move into the drop-off area.
No right or left turn on to Bellevue from Euclid between 7:40-8:15 am.
- Waldo Street
The Waldo drop-off is for unloading school projects or assisting students with their belongings. Enter Waldo for morning drop off from Marengo via Bellevue.
Placards
In an effort to avoid excess waiting and back up in afternoon carpool the school has assigned yellow or blue placards to families based on grade level. Yellow placards are for Lower School (grades K-4) families. Blue placards are for Middle School (grades 5-8) families. Please follow the instructions noted below and on your placard. Placard use will be monitored daily. Your cooperation is appreciated.
Lower School Placard and Dismissal
Drivers displaying a Orange placard may enter the carpool line: 3 pm on Monday – Thursday
2:15 pm on Friday.
Middle School Placard and Dismissal
Drivers displaying a Green placard may enter the carpool line:
3:20 pm on Monday - Thursday
2:30 pm on Friday.
Need another placard just ask the front office
Afternoon Pick up
All students K-8 are to proceed promptly to their pick up area and follow the pick up procedure. Students may not stay on campus after hours to observe games unless accompanied by a parent. Students not picked up at the end of carpool (when all cars have left the carpool line) will be signed in to extended care.
All cars turn left as they exit the faculty parking lot, unless they are circling around to pick up another child.
Dismissal Times
MONDAYS thru THURSDAYS
Grades K-4: 3:10 pm.
Grades 5-8: 3:20 pm.
FRIDAYS
Grades K-4: 2:25 pm.
Grades 5-8: 2:35 pm.
HALF DAYS
Grades K-8: 12:00 pm.
General Carpool Guidelines
- Cell phone use texting or talking (including hands-free devices) is prohibited during morning and afternoon carpool. Drivers using a cell phone will be asked to leave the carpool line.
- No parking is permitted on the perimeter of the campus during morning or afternoon carpool.
- Do not block any driveway while waiting in carpool line this includes the entrances to school parking lots.
- Please refrain from cutting in front of other cars in carpool line
- Be respectful to our neighbors, this includes not allowing your children to play on the yards of the homes in the neighborhood.
- NO RIGHT OR LEFT TURN ON TO BELLEVUE FROM EUCLID BETWEEN 7:40-8:15 am
- NO LEFT TURN FROM DEL MAR ON TO EUCLID 7:45-8:15am and 2:45-3:30 pm
Important Carpool Rules to Follow
- Students grades K-2 are picked up in the faculty parking lot.
- Drivers enter the parking lot at the Waldo Gates (right turn only) and will exit at the Euclid Gates. Left turn when exiting unless returning to pick up another child.
- Carpool placards must be visible in the front window of the car. This applies to relatives, babysitters and substitute drivers, as well as parents.
- Parents are responsible for communicating all drop-off and pick-up procedures to ALL drivers picking up their children.
- Cars first in line for pick-up must pull forward to the designated area by the Kaufman Oak. Avoid large gaps between cars. Do not pass other cars.
- Students in grades 3-8 walk the perimeter of the campus.
- All Kindergarten Students remain in the dismissal area for pick up. Students in grades 1-2 will remain in the dismissal area for pick up (unless written permission is on file with the school allowing the child the privilege to walk the school perimeter with an older sibling).
- All students must be picked up by an assigned adult unless a note has been written giving permission to walk or leave via another means.
- Parents of students in grades K-4 must notify the office or the teacher by noon when arrangements have been changed for pick-up. This applies to emergencies, play dates, relatives or any substitute driver.
- When you come south on Euclid and find the line stopped at the driveway, please proceed around the block of Pleasant, Marengo and Del Mar to get back in the cycle. This shouldn't happen because if it does that means you have entered carpool 'mid-line-. Stopping beside a parked car is considered “double parking.”
- Drivers should not drive East on Bellevue off of Marengo to find parking or turn onto Waldo.
- No RIGHT OR LEFT TURN on to Bellevue from Euclid between the 7:40-8:15 am.
- In the afternoon only turn right onto Bellevue if you are in the car line circling the block.
- DO NOT leave your car for any reason while in the carpool lane. This causes delays and creates unsafe situations.
- Safety is our foremost goal, please be patient and courteous to others