Procedures and Regulations

The Morning Carline Procedure is diagrammed in the map located to the side of this page.  It is your responsibility to ensure that anyone dropping off your children on your behalf follows these carline procedures

• Drop off begins at 7:30 AM when school doors open.  If you arrive before 7:30 AM, children must wait in the car with an adult until the official drop off time.  No supervision will be provided in the school building before 7:30.

• Before Care is available in the Church Hall. There is a nominal fee for Before Care. Any children left unattended before 7:30 AM will be taken to Before Care.

• Children may enter their classrooms at 7:45 AM.

• Any students who arrive to school after 7:55 AM must sign in and wait in the lobby area outside of the gym until after announcements.

• If your child arrives after 8:05 AM, you must stop at the lobby entrance and receive a late pass to enter the school.  Any late excuse notices should be handed in at that time.

• To ensure the safety of all students at SMM, we ask that all families follow this carpool procedure. No cars are permitted to drop off students on Sharpley Road, Halstead Road, in the lot directly in front of the school, or in the rectory lot. These areas need to stay clear for students who walk to school, for the bus riders who are dropped off in this area and for cars entering and exiting the drop-off zones

• Cars must enter from Concord Pike to Drop-Off Zone 1 or from Sharpley Road down the library driveway.  Cars will not be able to drive through the faculty parking lots.

Carline Safety

• DO NOT get out of your car while in carline.

• Safety monitors will assist children as they get out of your car. Children should exit on the passenger side of the car only.

• If you wish to walk your child to school or need to access your trunk, park in the parking lot by the playground.  You must cross the driveway at the crosswalk area, marked by yellow stripes, near the playground.

• Upon exiting the parking lot after walking your child in you must get back in line to exit via Sharpley Road. Under no circumstances should cars try to pass other cars in the drop off line.

• Keep your backseat clean of books, personal items, trash or debris, as it may fall out at carpool and be a hazard for both your child and the safety monitors.

DROP-OFF ZONE 1

Front of School Entering from Concord Pike:

• Cars will enter from Concord Pike and proceed to the drop-off area in the driveway area parallel to the gym.

• Please pull all the way up to the available cone closest to Sharpley Road.  Safety monitors will assist children as they get out of your car.

• You must wait for the car in front of you to exit. Under no circumstances should cars try to pass other cars in the drop off line.

• Students will enter the building through the main lobby. Drivers should then proceed to exit onto Sharpley Road. 

DROP-OFF ZONE 2

Back of Library Entering from Sharpley Road:

• Cars will enter the library driveway off Sharpley Road and drop off children in the designated drop-off zone 2, which will be clearly marked by cones.

• Safety monitors will assist children as they get out of your car. Students will enter the building at the main lobby.

• Cars will exit via Halstead Road.

• No cars will be permitted in the area between the playground and gym.

Carline Duty for SMM Families

• Each and every parent or guardian is obligated to volunteer one day a year at morning drop off.  The calendar is mapped out by class and parents are assigned by class for their youngest child.

• If you are unable to volunteer on the day you are assigned it is up to you as the parent/guardian to find a replacement and inform the homeroom parent who can then inform the Carline Safety Committee.

• Carline volunteers must arrive at 7:25 AM to ensure proper cone placement.  

• If you do not show up for your assigned carpool duty day, you will receive a call from the administration.

Walkers and Bike Riders

• Halstead Walkers must use the stairs that are to the far left of the driveway that exits onto Halstead Road.  Halstead Walkers can then proceed through the playground area and cross the driveway at the crosswalk.

• Sharpley Walkers only are allowed to enter by the front door of the school. Sharpley Walkers arriving after 7:55 must enter through the gym doors.

• 202 Walkers must cross Concord Pike at the traffic light, walk to the crosswalk at the doors of the Church, and proceed down the sidewalk around the Church and in front of the Rectory, then use the sidewalk at the side of the Rectory to cross at the crosswalk in front of the gym.

• Bike Riders must use the same procedures as the walkers based on where they arriving. Bike Riders must walk their bikes across any road with car traffic, and should park their bikes in the rack in front of the gym.

Procedures and Regulations

The Afternoon Carline Procedure is diagrammed in the map located to the side of this page.  Staff will be in the parking lot daily to supervise Afternoon Carline.

It is your responsibility to ensure that anyone picking up your children on your behalf follows these carline procedures.  Your cooperation in all matters is greatly appreciated.

It is important that cars not block the rectory parking lots or back up on Concord Pike.  Cars are to enter the school property via Sharpley Road ONLY.  *Please see the diagram for Afternoon Carpool.

• If you are picking your child up by car, you must be in the carpool line. There is no parking allowed in the lot in front of the school, in the lot in front of the Rectory, on Sharpley Road, Halstead Road or other neighborhood roads. The Principal must approve any exceptions.

• Carline will open at 2:15 PM on full days and 11:15 AM on half days, as some classes are still outside for recess. Please do not come earlier and remove the cones; students lose their outside privilege as we cannot have children in the parking lot area for recess with moving cars.

• Cars are to enter through the parking area behind the Church and Rectory and line up in two lines in the drive between the Pre-K Building and the Rectory, Zone 3 (these cars will exit onto Sharpley Road) or in the basketball area of the playground, Zone 4 (these cars will exit onto Halstead Road). Cars parked in the larger part of the parking lot will have the choice of exiting onto Sharpley Road or Halstead Road.  The first car in each of these rows should line up according the first full row of parking spot lines.

• All of Zone 3 and Zone 4 should be filled prior to cars parking in the rows next to the prayer garden. If you have parked in the rows by the prayer garden prior to Zone 3 and Zone 4 being filled you will be asked to move your car by the safety attendants to fill the lines.  

• Once you are parked, we ask that you turn your car off. If you are parked in Zone 3 or 4 you must remain in your vehicle at all times.

• It is extremely important that younger siblings be watched closely.

• No dogs are permitted at carline.

• All carpool students will exit via the lobby lawn area. After students have had adequate time to locate their cars, a bell will ring which indicates each car must be ready with passengers inside to exit.  Any students who have not found their car will leave the parking area and return to the area in front of the lobby doors. 

• When all students are safely out of the parking area, the teacher safety attendants will begin exiting the areas per the diagram.

• Cell phone use is not permitted once cars start moving.

• All cars will exit onto Sharpley Road or Halstead Road one lane at a time.

Late Pick-Up

• If you arrive after 2:45 PM for pick up, all cars must enter from Concord Pike and get in the "late carpool" line and wait for the signal to proceed to pick up your child(ren) from the gym lobby door area.

• At 3:05 PM, any student not picked up will be sent to Extended Care; parents will need to pay the Extended Care fee.

Walkers and Bike Riders

• It is the expectation that walkers have the capacity to walk home.  Adult supervision will not be provided once students leave school property.

• For your child to be released as a walker they must be going directly to a home and not to an alternative pick-up location.

• Once all cars in the carline have exited the property, walkers and bike riders will go with the designated teacher to the approved areas to continue their walk or bike ride home.