The Bobcat Bulletin
3/September/2020
Arrival and Dismissal Procedures
IMPORTANT - Your Child's After School Plans
Please reach out to your child's classroom teacher and let them know next week's plan for dismissal. Please do not send this plan to the office, your teacher will be the point of contact. For example, Are they taking the bus? Are they being picked up? Are they going to the after school program?
Again, please be on the lookout for the form that is coming home next week and return it as soon as possible!
Click picture below for arrival and dismissal video...
Morning Drop Off Procedures
All student drop offs will take place on the Founders Road side of the building in what used to be the visitor parking lot. (Please see the enclosed Google Earth photo for reference) Buses will continue to use the bus loop in front of the building. As always, no cars should be in the bus loop! Patience and cooperation will be essential as we all adjust to the new procedures!
Once in the drop off area, there can be no passing, and no parking
Enter the parking area and pull up as far as you can before bidding your child a fond and quick farewell, making certain their face covering is in place
Ideally, students will exit your car on the building side of your car
Students who disembark on the driver’s side must walk in front of your car
All students will proceed to their grade level designated entrances where they will socially distance themselves while waiting to enter the building (temperature checks at the doors)
Once in the building students will go directly to their classrooms via the grade level assigned stairwells
Pick Up Procedures
Each grade level has a designated door through which they will be exiting the building. (Again, please refer to Google Earth photo)
Parents should park in the main parking lot and come over to the FMS grounds
Each classroom will have a designated area outside the grade level exit door for parents to wait for their children in a socially distanced and masked way (please see attached Google Earth dismissal map)
Teachers will bring their cohorts directly to their designated area where they will turn their students over to their parents
Teachers will greet you before turning over your child
Please return immediately to your car (using crosswalks!) and carefully exit the campus
Requests for Early Dismissal
In the event that your child needs to be dismissed early (before 2:00 p.m., as we will not be dismissing anyone after 2:00 p.m.) the following protocol must be followed:
Send your child’s teacher and Kim Kedzierski (kkedzierski@ewsd.org) an email first thing in the morning letting them know what time your child needs to be dismissed, the reason why and the name of the person picking them up. Or, you can also call the attendance line at 879-6326 and leave a message stating your child’s name, time leaving, the name of the teacher, the reason why, and the name of the person picking them up.
When you arrive to pick up your child, please pull up to the front of the building and call Kim at 879-6326 to let her know you’re here
Founders Memorial School
Website: www.ewsd.org/fms
Location: 33 Founders Road, Essex Junction, VT, USA
Phone: (802) 879-6326
Facebook: facebook.com/https://www.facebook.com/Founders-Memorial-School
Twitter: @FMS_Essex