In preparation for the 2025-2026 school year to begin, please review the arrival and dismissal procedures for all K-5 students.

All cars dropping off or picking up students should go around the left side of the elementary center to avoid the bus traffic. Please be patient and follow the directions of staff members during drop-off and pick-up times.

• All bus riding students will exit buses in the front bus loop outside of the Primary School. 

• School personnel will be on duty to assist.

• No vehicles will be permitted to enter the bus loop/zone while students are being dropped off.

• Car Rider Line begins at 8:20 am and ends promptly at 8:30 am. School personnel will be on duty to assist.

• All drivers are to follow and obey all traffic signs and directions posted for the car riders line.

• Drivers are not permitted to park in the lots and escort students into the building AND no vehicles are permitted to be left unattended.

• A “KISS & DROP” procedure will be adhered to :  Drivers remain in vehicle and assigned personnel assist with students exiting cars on the sidewalk side of the car line driveway.

• All students must wait to be assisted by school personnel.

• Once the car line closes, all drivers must park in the front lot and escort late arriving students to the Primary School office to sign in their child/children.

• All van/minivan/minibus riders will exit these vehicles onto the sidewalk near the main entrance of the Intermediate School.

• School personnel will be on duty to assist.

• PRESTON ROAD WALKERS - Family Members will walk students on sidewalks to the main entrance where School Personnel will direct them to classrooms.

• REINIGER ROAD WALKERS - Family Members will walk students to the rear entrance of the Elementary School where School Personnel will direct them to classrooms.

• All bus riding students will enter buses that are stationed in the front bus loop.

• School personnel will be on duty to assist.

• Any change in dismissal procedures MUST be communicated via a NOTE to the classroom teacher or EMAIL to:

• Primary School (psattendance@umtsd.org) or Intermediate School (isattendance@umtsd.org) each morning of the change by 10:00.

• (Please do not call the main office to communicate any changes.)

• All drivers are to follow and obey all traffic signs and directions posted for the car riders line.

• Drivers are not permitted to park in the lots and retrieve their students from the building. 

• Car riders will be called to the line in the order that cars arrive.  All cars should post on the dashboard the family name.

• Cars will not be permitted past the orange cones prior to 1:30.  

• Gates will not open until 2:45.

• If a vehicle is holding up the line, the driver will be asked to loop around and move to the end of the line.

• All van/minivan/minibus riders will enter these vehicles from the sidewalk near the main entrance of the Intermediate School.

• School personnel will be on duty to assist.

• PRESTON ROAD WALKERS - Students will exit the side of the elementary school closest to Preston Lane.  School personnel will supervise students.  Parents are asked to meet students outside by the basketball courts.

• REINIGER ROAD WALKERS -  Students will exit in the back of the elementary school closest to the Reiniger Road walking path.  School personnel will supervise students.  Parents are asked to wait at the entrance of the neighborhood.