Morning Drop Off

Traffic the first few days of a new school year can be challenging. We ask that you park in the south parking lot if you opt to walk your child to class at any time during the school year. We respectfully ask that you not park in the grassy areas but use the church lot north of the Red Building as overflow parking. Use the north entrance, by-passing those pulled alongside the curb, and make your way to the south lot.   You may use the south exit when leaving the campus. Please, never park along the front curb in the mornings as we'll have cars pulling to the south end of the building, lining up along the sidewalk, with students exiting their cars. To drop off your child you will enter the church parking lot and form a snake.  If there is room alongside the front curb, you may pull along the curb, stop, and allow your child/children to exit the car. Once the cars along the curb have dropped off their children, the next group of cars will move towards the front of the Red Building and Lovejoy Elementary.   There will be staff along the sidewalk to assist your child and to provide directions.

 

Afternoon Pick Up

The afternoon routine looks quite similar to the morning. Again, if there is room along the curb in front of the Red Building and school, you may park to wait for your car riders' dismissal. Once the curb is full, please go straight to the north of the Church parking lot entrance, make a circle through church parking lot and park behind the last person in the line.   At 3:05, we will begin calling the numbers of the cars parked alongside the curb. Once you've made your way to the front of the line, a duty person will radio the gym with your number that has been printed on a yellow placard, hanging from your rear view mirror. Students in grades 1 - 4 will join the Kindergarteners in the gym at 3:05, awaiting your arrival. **We will be receiving new numbers this year. They will be distributed at Meet the Teacher. Each family will receive 1 placard with your number on it. You may request an additional placard in the front office. Parents wanting to park and walk their children to the car may meet in the library. You will form a line at the west glass door, mid-way on the south side of the building. Buses will be parked along the curb. We ask that you model good safety habits by not walking between buses.

 

Please go to this link to see a video of our procedures: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0c8R8X28_isR0k1N3hodFV2R3M/view

 

Bus Information

Welcome to the 2019-2020 Bus Transportation Year!  During the summer, Transportation staff worked many hours on improving and modifying bus routes to better serve our riders and parents.  Once route modifications are complete, and bus stop times/locations are ready to view, parents will be notified through School Messenger and Email Express.  On August 12th, PowerSchool will be open to parents and we ask that parents review the bus transportation section to verify their 2019-20 school bus choice is accurate. Instructions on how to access the PowerSchool transportation section is included so parents can review and/or modify bus transportation needs.

We are excited about the new year and look forward to serving you.

David Dillon, Sr. Director of Operations

david_dillon@lovejoyisd.net

Donna Holden, Routing Coordinator

donna_holden@lovejoyisd.net

 

• Bus Riders will be dropped off in the south parking lot each morning.       Grade level teachers will escort students to the south parking lot each afternoon, supporting children as they board buses.  Please be sure your child/children knows their bus number.

• Day Care riders will be dropped off and picked up in the south parking lot.    In the afternoons, students will be escorted by a grade level teacher to the cafeteria where they'll wait for the arrival of their day care bus.

• Walkers will report to their designated area each morning. Duty staff will watch for and assist students upon arrival to school property. In the afternoon, grade level teachers will walk students to our sensory room (D112) in the 1st grade hallway or to the room across from our front teacher workroom (C106). There will be assigned staff members who will walk students to the perimeter of the school property.

• Students attending the Kids 1st After School Program will be walked to the cafeteria by a grade level teacher. Please be sure to check out the enclosed flyer for more information about Kids 1st.

• Parents choosing to walk their child/children to their cars - Please wait outside our library in a line at the library at 3:15. Due to safety, we are holding our Library pick up until 3:15! This is a change that we have made this year. We ask that you model good safety habits by not walking through buses when approaching the sidewalk. A teacher will greet you at the door asking for your number.     Then, we will release your child to you. Please make sure that your child know their car number.

• Car riders will be escorted to the gym each afternoon. Students in grades 1 - 4 will join their kindergarten siblings.