BOLLINGER CANYON PICK-UP AND DROP-OFF PROCEDURES
We have worked with the City of San Ramon and the police department to create a drop off and pick-up procedure that is safe for our children and minimizes the possibility of blocking the street in front of the school and preventing emergency vehicles from access to the school and surrounding neighborhood.
PLEASE bear in mind that these procedures are done with the safety of our children in mind, and in supporting access of emergency vehicles for neighborhood safety and security as well. There is NO perfect answer and patience and compliance is essential to make this work as smoothly as possible.
Students will be required to SIT quietly in designated areas on the sidewalk area with their grade levels until their parents or car pool drivers arrive. Students’ names will be called out and they will be assisted with getting into their vehicles. When a student’s name is called he or she will help to make sure that all other “car poolers” are with them when getting into the vehicle.
Please keep in mind other safety precautions when picking up students:
- DO NOT use your cell phone while driving
- Pull as far forward as possible before loading your children.
- Children should get in on the passenger side only.
- Pick up in the yellow curb areas only.
- Do NOT pass other vehicles to pull in front of them to pick up your child.
- Once your child is in your vehicle, you may pull carefully out and around waiting vehicles to exit the parking lot
If you are walking your children home from school or to a parked car, please wait for them in the open area in between the Kindergarten playground and the Multi-Purpose Room, or make arrangements to have your child meet you near the gate by the 600 wing and library. This will help eliminate congestion in front of the school. Adults picking up kindergarten students will be allowed to go inside the gates to pick up their children in front of the kindergarten classes.
Cones are placed in front of the main driveway at 2:30 (1:30 on Wednesdays) to prevent cars from pulling into our driveway early and backing up in front of the school and double parking on the street. If for some reason we are not able to get the cones in place it does not mean that double parking on the street and blocking the driveway is okay.
It does take a few minutes of your time to utilize the pick up lane when school starts and lets out but please recognize that the teachers, parent volunteers, and I, are working quickly to unload and load students safely into cars and to keep traffic moving.
