The Wheelock Early Childhood Center has established student drop-off and pick-up procedures for the upcoming school year.  School security and your child's safety are priorities for us, and it is important that each and every student is supervised and accounted for during the busy drop-off and pick-up times.  The following procedures are designed to adequately address these safety concerns: 

8:30 am Student Drop-Off The morning drop-off point for both UPK and Kindergarten students will be at the back bus-loop, behind Wheelock School.  There will be a custodian there to help guide traffic through the parking lot (please enter through the far entrance to Wheelock) and away from the front bus loop.   There will be staff at drop-off to assist your student into the building. Students being dropped off after 8:50 am will be considered tardy and need to be brought to the main entrance and signed in by an adult.

2:00 pm Deadline for Notification of Student Pick-Up and Bus Changes - The school office must be notified of all dismissal time bus changes and student pick-up changes by 2:00 pm.  This will give the office staff time to notify your child's teacher of any end of the day changes.  Of course, we recognize that emergency situations occur and we will certainly accommodate you in any emergency.

UPK 2:30 pm Dismissal Student Pick-Up - Parents who choose to pick their children up should place the provided name tag on the dashboard of their vehicle and line up in the back bus loop. Parents, please remain in your vehicles. Students will be brought to your car.

Kindergarten 2:50 pm Dismissal Student Pick-Up Parents who choose to pick their children up should place the provided name tag on the dashboard of their vehicle and line up in the back bus loop. Parents, please remain in your vehicles. Students will be brought to your car.

Finally, only parents and designated guardians will be permitted to sign-out their children.  If you have an older high school sibling or a babysitter picking up your child, please send a note informing the school of this situation. 

Thank you for your cooperation as we implement these safeguards!  Please contact the Wheelock office at 679-1581, ext. 2800, if you have any questions or concerns.