Severe Weather Procedures
Please read over our severe weather dismissal plan and plan accordingly. Please be prepared for both dismissal procedures as they could change up to the time of dismissal.
Special Weather Related Procedures
For the safety of staff and students, we will not go outside the building when there is lightning or hail. The district uses Pocket Perry as our designated weather resource for identifying severe weather conditions. We will not dismiss students when there is hail or lightning within 10 miles of the campus. If we are currently experiencing these types of weather, remaining in the building is the safest place to be. The awnings are effective protection from sun and rain, but they do not protect against lightning and hail.
Safely releasing our students during severe weather will be a slow process. Please expect delays and help us by being patient with this process. The safety of our students is always our first priority.
RAINY DAY OR SEVERE WEATHER ARRIVAL
When there is lightning in the area, parents may wait until the weather has cleared or parents may park and walk their child up to the building. District staff will not be outside to receive students but will be at the doors of our normal drop-off locations. Staff members will greet students as early as 7:30 A.M. at the cafeteria/gym doors or the double doors leading into the 4th grade or Kindergarten hallways. Students will proceed to their homeroom. Breakfast will be served in the cafeteria as usual.
If there is heavy rain but no lightning or hail, the front loop will taper to one lane of traffic in front of the awnings. You will be directed to pull as far forward as possible before stopping to drop off your child in front of the 4th grade or kindergarten awnings/doors. Do not plan to stop in a specific location. Staff will ensure your child travels through the building to the appropriate location. We promise to get them to where they need to go.
SEVERE WEATHER AND RAINY DAY DISMISSAL PROCEDURES
In case of lightning in the area at the time of dismissal: This is the only scenario in which there is a walk-up option for pick-up
When there is lightning or hail we will not release students out of the building until a parent comes up to the dismissal hallway and escorts them to their vehicle. Parents may not wave from the car for their child to be dismissed. Parents may wait until the weather has cleared or parents may park along the curb at the pick-up location and walk up to the appropriate dismissal hallway (carrying their pick up sign). Students will be seated in their dismissal hallway. Siblings will be located in the pick-up location of the youngest sibling. Remember to bring a car sign for each of your students, walk up to the entry doors of these locations to request their student(s).
- Kindergarten and 1st grade (and siblings) in the Kinder hallway;
- 2nd, 3rd, & 4th grade in 4th-grade hallway;
- Walkers/bikers in the cafeteria - parents may approach the doors between the cafeteria and gym to get their student(s).
- Daycare/commercial transportation students will be loaded onto daycare buses/vans when lightning has not been detected in a 10-mile radius of the school for a sustained period.
If your child walks or bikes home, please make arrangements for pick-up. If you are unable to pick-up, make arrangements to have someone who is on your emergency contact list pick-up. If that isn't an option, you will need to contact our office at (817) 744-6100 with the name of the individual you have authorized to pick up your child today.
Heavy Rain (NO Lightning or hail)
- Walkers and bike riders will be held in the cafeteria until the rain subsides unless other pick-up arrangements have been communicated through the office @ (817)744-6100. If you would like to pick up your student, please call the office before 2:45 PM to let them know you or a designee will be driving through the grade level car rider pick up area. Parents/designees must have the student's car sign or be an approved contact in order for the child to be released to them.
- Kinder & 1st grade (and siblings) will wait in the kindergarten hallway. Students will be loaded into their vehicles through the normal car pick up line. Parents must have their car sign in order for the child to be released to them.
- 2nd, 3rd & 4th grade will wait in the 4th grade hallway. Students will be loaded into their vehicle through the normal car pick up line. Parents must have their car sign in order for the child to be released to them.
Thank you for helping us get students safely in and out of the building if any type of severe weather occurs. Please reach out to your child's teacher if you have any specific arrival/dismissal questions or concerns.