Drop Off and Pick Up Procedures

Kindergarten Center

Arrival/Dismissal Procedures

Dear Hickory Point Parents,

Safety is a top priority. Arrival and dismissal are a 12-minute process. Please be patient. Here is the process:

Arrival Process Kindergarten

Kindergarten students will enter the building through Door H, Door A, Door C beginning at 8:10 am. Students will scan their identification to verify the parent has self-certified their child is symptom-free. There will be a temperature check, as well. Students will walk to the designated waiting area and sit six feet apart until the bell rings. At 8:25 am, the first bell rings and the staff will escort the children into their classrooms.

The main entrance (Door H) is the walk-up entrance (west side of the building). Parents park in the parking lot and walk to the front door each morning beginning at 8:10 am. Please give them a kiss and say goodbye at the door. Students exiting the bus will enter the building from Door A.

Parents dropping off by car will enter the school parking lot from Walters and follow the designated one-way road around the back of the building to the designated entrance Door C. Parents remain in the car, and staff will escort the student to the temperature check area. Please see the below aerial map of the Kindergarten Center to help clearly explain the process.

Overview map of the leisure center parking lot with indicators of when to enter and drive around

Dismissal Process:

Teachers will implement a staggered dismissal process to limit the number of students in the hallway. Teachers will walk their children to their going home locations. Students exit the building through 3 or 4 locations.

Kindergarten

“WALK UP” pick up line: Students will wait in the hallway and be dismissed when parents get to Door H (Parents park their car and walk to the front of the school and wait by the door.)
CAR pick up: Students will wait inside the foyer of Door C. Please enter the parking lot from Walters follow the designated one-way road around the back of the building to the designated entrance Door C. Parents remain in the car and staff will escort the student to the car.
All BUS riders and after-school YMCA : Teachers will walk their bus and YMCA riders into the gym. We will practice social distancing. Students will be seated six feet apart from each other, facing forward, in their designated bus lines. The staff will escort students to board the bus.
ADVENTURE CAMP Staff supervises students attending Adventure Camp until the staff arrives.

Hickory Point

Arrival/Dismissal Procedures for First and Second Grade Changes Starting April 5

Safety is a top priority. Arrival and dismissal are a 20-minute process. Please be patient. Here is the process:

Arrival Process

First and Second grade students enter the building through Door A, Door B, Door C, or Door H beginning at 8:00 am. We have moved up the entry time to accommodate all of our students. Students will scan their identification to verify the parent has self-certified their child is symptom-free. There will be a temperature check as well. Students will walk to their designated waiting area and sit three feet apart until the bell rings. At 8:25 am, the first bell rings. The staff escorts the children into the classroom.

The main entrance (Door A) is the walk-up entrance. Parents park on the side streets perpendicular or adjacent to Laburnum and walk to the front door each morning beginning at 8:00 am. Please give them a kiss and say goodbye at the door.

Students exiting the bus will enter the building from Doors B and C.

Parents dropping off by car will enter the school parking lot from Laburnum and follow the designated one-way road around the horseshoe to the designated entrance Door H. There will now be two lanes for cars to alleviate the traffic on Laburnum. Staff will direct the cars to merge into one lane as they approach the building. There is no parking in the diagonal spots. Parents remain in the car and staff will escort the student to the temperature check area. Please see the below aerial map of Hickory Point to help clearly explain the process.

Dismissal Process:

First and Second grade

“WALK UP” pick-up line: Students will wait in the first grade hallway and be dismissed when parents get to Door G. (Parents park their car on the side streets and walk to the back of the school and wait by the door.)
"CAR" pick up: Students will wait inside the foyer of Door H. Please enter the parking lot from Laburnum and drive into the horseshoe. There will now be two lanes for cars to alleviate the traffic on Laburnum. Staff will direct the cars to merge into one lane. There is no parking in the diagonal spots. Cars wait in a line in the horseshoe and students exit Door H when the car is within the designated pick-up area. Staff will escort your child to your car.
All BUS riders and after-school YMCA : Teachers will walk their bus and YMCA riders into the gym. We will practice social distancing. Students will be seated six feet apart from each other, facing forward, in their designated bus lines. The staff will escort students to board the bus.
ADVENTURE CAMP - Hickory Point Staff supervises students attending Adventure Camp until the Adventure Campus staff arrives.

Thank you for your patience and cooperation.

Shabonee

Arrival/Dismissal Processes

There will be a great deal of traffic during arrival and dismissal. Please be patient and follow the established processes. The times will improve as families become used to the updates. Thank you for your increased awareness of students and staff and follow the posted speed limit on school grounds. Stop at the crosswalks and the stop signs along Shabonee Trail. As a reminder, Shabonee Trail is a ONE-WAY from Moon Hill Drive to Pfingsten Road. For the safety of everyone, and in accordance with Illinois law, please refrain from using your cell phone while driving on school grounds. Your undivided attention should be on the safety of ALL our children.

Arrival (8:15 – 8:40)

Morning supervision will be available daily beginning at 8:15. This is 10 minutes earlier than normal to accommodate more children via car. Do NOT drop off your child prior to 8:15 as staff is not present to supervise, and children will not have access to the building. Students will be allowed into the building to wait for the first bell beginning at 8:15, when school staff begin morning supervision. When dropping off, please pull as far forward to Door P as possible, regardless of your child's entrance, so that the drop off line can keep moving. The drop-off area is marked in orange on the arrival map. Please use extra caution at all times.

Drop off by Car:

Children in grade 3 will enter at Door N.

Children in grade 4 will enter at Door P. (updated entrance)

Fifth grade will enter at Door A (Main Entrance)

Staff will be present at the designated entrances to greet the students. Upon entry, the children will move to the gym (grades 3 & 4) and the flex space (grade 5) where they will maintain at least 3 foot physical distance while waiting for the first bell at 8:40.

Aerial view of Shabonee School showing arrival procedures

Dismissal (3:15)

THIRD GRADE STUDENTS will be dismissed between DOORS O and P (slight change) on Shabonee Trail. Vehicles should pull up as close to the sidewalk of Door P as possible and wait in line on Shabonee Trail for students to walk to the vehicle. Please do not pull around the line to the front or park along the North side of Shabonee Trail. Remain in your vehicle and students will load as cars pull up. Traffic cones indicate areas for pickup. Please use caution at all times.

FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS (All new location) will be dismissed behind the school on the blacktop. Buses share this space and should arrive first. Buses have priority so that we can load and depart before the pick up line begins to move. Cars should arrive via Moon Hill Drive and pull around to the back of Shabonee waiting on the RIGHT SIDE of the service drive. Students will load close to the tent. Once children are safely inside the car, vehicles will proceed in the circle marked by cones to exit back onto Moon Hill Drive. Traffic cones indicate areas for pickup. Please use caution at all times.

FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS will be dismissed from the main entrance Doors A & B. Vehicles will access the main entrance from Pfingsten Road only. Right turns from Shabonee Trail through the parking lot will NOT be allowed during dismissal. If using Shabonee Trail from Moon Hill, please exit on Pfingsten Road and re-enter through the main driveway entrance. Students will wait on the sidewalk in front of the main entrance. Please pull up as far as possible to promote the efficiency of our dismissal protocol. Due to the number of vehicles expected, traffic may need to be double stacked along the entrance and converge to one lane in front of Shabonee for students to load within the designated student loading area. Please use caution at all times.

The pick-up lines are the preferred method for parental pick-up. Should parents need to park, do so ONLY in the east parking lot located off of Pfingsten Rd, exit your vehicle, and meet your child on the sidewalk. Children are not allowed to cross over to the parking lot without a parent or guardian accompanying them. This is for the safety of the children. School personnel will continue to be available to help supervise students during dismissal and to ensure parents follow safety rules during peak traffic times. Please drive cautiously!

Aerial view of Shabonee School showing dismissal procedures

Sibling Pick-Up

We realize that families have multiple children attending Shabonee School. We recommend that siblings meet together at one of the dismissal locations, preferably at the location of the youngest child.

Wood Oaks

Starting on April 12, 2021, we will be instituting some changes to our arrival and dismissal procedures. Starting at 7:45 a.m., Wildcats will be dropped off and enter the building through the same three entrances they have been using all year. Those are marked on the diagram below. All vehicles will enter the lot off of Sanders Road and use the horseshoe drive to get to the building. Students should exit their vehicle and enter the building based on this diagram. It is important that 7th grade families are especially efficient in unloading their students as their entrance is on the north side of the building, prior to the 6th and 8th grade entrances. Please use care and stay to the right at this time as staff are also arriving in vehicles and crossing traffic to access the building.

Once in the building, students will report to different morning locations to await the start of the school day. All 8th grade students will report to their first period classroom. Sixth and seventh graders will report to locations based on their lunch period. We created this infographic to help those students determine their assigned location:

Locations for 6th, 7th, and 8th students to go for when they arrive at school and lunch.

Due to the increased volume of traffic expected starting April 12, we will need to revise our afternoon pickup plan. Eighth grade students and any younger siblings will walk across the field behind Wood Oaks to be picked up at the small lot west of the school. Parents can access that lot by following Walters Road west, almost to the end before turning right into the lot. Please do not arrive at that location prior to 3:15 p.m. As that lot is for access to a public park, we need to limit our use of that area to as small of a window as possible. Wood Oaks staff members will be there to keep traffic moving and assist getting students into vehicles safely. Once your student(s) have entered your vehicle, please follow the traffic around the circle driveway to exit. Do not attempt to make a U-turn from the pickup line. Sixth and seventh grade students will continue to be picked up at the front of the school as in the past. Bus service will also continue to work as it has in the past.