Transportation
Morning Procedures
Time
The building opens for car riders at 7:15 AM. At this time, your child may enter the school and wait in the cafeteria until 7:30 AM. Do not drop your child off unattended prior to 7:30 AM! Please wait until the front doors are unlocked before leaving campus. After 7:30 AM, your child may go to his/her classroom. Adult supervision is provided in the morning car rider line from 7:30 AM - 7:55 AM. The busiest time in our car rider line is from 7:45-7:55 AM. If you arrive during this time, you may have to wait in a very long line and your child will be marked tardy if he/she is not in class by 8:00 AM. All car riders should enter through the front doors of the school. Please do not pull up in the bus parking side of the school to drop your children off as this creates a safety hazard. Students should always walk on the sidewalk as they exit cars. If you are planning to enter the building (to walk your child or children in), please remain in the single car rider line and park in the available spaces as they present themselves. Do not attempt to pass other cars. Keep the car line moving as quickly but as safely as possible. Say long goodbyes before you leave the house and use quick ones for the car rider line.
There is no tardy bell, but your child is tardy if he/she is not seated IN HIS/HER classroom at 8:00 AM according to the office clock. If your child arrives when he or she could not get to the classroom by 8:00 AM, please accompany him/her to the front office to check-in for safety. You do not have to sign the child in, but your child will receive a Tardy Slip in the office to present to the teacher.
Bus students should enter through the cafeteria side entrance. Bus students who arrive early will wait in the cafeteria until 7:30 AM. At that time, they will be released to classrooms.
Afternoon Procedures:
Time
Dismissal begins at 2:30 PM. Typically, the buses leave the campus by 2:40 PM. For safety reasons, please do not begin lining up in the car line before 2 PM. Students are often crossing the street to play on the field before this time.
Car riders may be picked up at the front entrance of the school at 2:30 PM. Please remain in a single line for afternoon pickup. It is extremely helpful to have your student's name displayed on the green cardstock. This helps us move the line as swiftly as possible. Please do not park in another area and walk to the car rider line as this provides an unsafe situation. Car riders may be picked up in the car rider line until 2:45 PM. Students that have not been picked up by 2:45 PM will be sent to the front office to wait for five more minutes. Parents must come inside at that time to pick up their child and show a valid picture ID. Students who have not been picked up from the front office by 2:50 PM will be sent to the after school program in the cafeteria for a charge of $15.00. This charge must be paid at the time your child is picked up.
Bus Conduct:
Appropriate conduct on the bus is essential for the safety of the driver and passengers. Behavior that distracts the driver or creates any disturbance on the bus will result in immediate disciplinary action.
Transportation Changes:
At the beginning of the school year, we establish your child’s method of transportation from school. If there is a change in the way your child will leave school for any period of time (one day, one week, etc.), WE MUST HAVE A SIGNED NOTE FROM HOME. Unless we have a note from the parent/guardian, a child will not be allowed to leave school except as previously established. This procedure will help insure that your child is transported from school safely.
Changes to regular or directed modes of transportation must be made by 1:30 PM the day of the change via a written note with signature, fax with signature, (770-463-5937) or a hand-delivered note with signature. You may write ongoing notes for repetitive schedules, for example, chorus every Tuesday, ASP every Wednesday, bus rider every other day, etc. We do keep those on file until you supersede it with a newer note.
Thank you for your cooperation.
After School Program
General Information
The ASP is available in each of the elementary schools where there is sufficient demand and available personnel. Children in the Coweta County School System grades PreK-5 that are able to meaningfully participate, may enroll in this program as long as they have been properly registered, tuition paid and abide by all school, Board of Education, and After School Program rules, policies and procedures. The After School Program is a self-supported, non-educational, daycare program. The hours of operation are 2:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. This service is only available when school is in session.
Registration
The registration fee is $25.00 per child with tuition set at $13.00 per day –or- $10.00 per day prepaid the week before.
Registration must be completed at your child’s school with the Site Coordinator.
Thanks so much for your support!
ENROLLMENT IS LIMITED!
Fee / Payment Policy
The After School Program is supported by your tuition payments only.
Registration fee is $25.00 and must be received with the enrollment form. The parent/guardian registering a child in the After School Program will be responsible for all payments.
Tuition for the ASP is $13.00 per day. Tuition payments made by Friday prior to the week of attendance are $10.00 per day reserved. We reserve the right to increase tuition should expenses exceed income.
Every payment must be enclosed in the pink envelope. Please complete the pink envelope in full and enclose tuition. All payments must be made to the site coordinator in person, not sent in book bags or included in lunch / ice cream money.
Non-Sufficiently Funded Check Collection
Coweta County School System has contracted with the Checkredi for the electronic collection of checks returned for insufficient funds (NSF). The ASP will gladly accept your checks; however, in the event your check is returned, your account will be debited electronically for the face amount of the check and fees allowed by the state of Georgia.
Please include the following on your check:
Full Name, Street Address, Phone Numbers
Two returned checks will require a "cash only" relationship on all future transactions. Returned checks made on a "Pre-paid" scale will be charged a service charge equal to the regular tuition fee.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
**ANY ACCOUNT WITH A BALANCE OWED ON FRIDAY WILL BE CONSIDERED IN DEFAULT AND THE STUDENT WILL NOT BY ALLOWED TO ATTEND THE ASP UNTIL THE BALANCE IS PAID IN FULL.
**CREDIT WILL BE ROLLED FORWARD FOR A STUDENT WHO MISSES THREE (3) CONSECUTIVE DAYS FROM SCHOOL; OTHERWISE, WHEN YOU PAY TO RESERVE A DAY, A SPACE IS HELD FOR YOUR CHILD WHETHER HE / SHE ATTENDS OR NOT - AND TUITION WILL NOT BE CREDITED / REFUNDED.
Students who are present at roll call will counted as being in attendance that day. No credit or refund will be given for short stay.
You, the parent, are responsible for keeping receipts and canceled checks. Statements will not be issued by the After School Program for tax purposes. For your information the Coweta County School System Tax ID# is 58-6000219.