Winter+Drop-Off


 * __New Morning Drop-Off Route at Thiensville__** During the winter months, students enter the Thiensville building in the morning with wet boots, leaving large puddles on the entire gym floor. This causes a slipping hazard for our children. As we anticipate snow soon, the staff looked at the current morning procedure being used at Thiensville and developed a new routine which will be used during the winter months. Students will no longer gather in the gym in the morning before school. Starting Monday, all students will enter using the west doors that face Orchard Street and go immediately to their classroom. They will hang up coats, change shoes, unpack their backpack and then enter the classroom. Inside the classroom they may read a book, work on homework, or engage in a quiet activity. Teachers will be supervising the children in each classroom. **This change impacts the drop off procedure because of the supervision needs of the teachers. The pattern of traffic in and out of the parking will be reversed:**

1. All morning drop off traffic will enter at the northern most entrance//(current morning exit)// of the Orchard Street parking lot from 7:40 am - 8:05 am. 2. Cars will drive around the u-shaped perimeter of the parking lot, dropping the child off at the sidewalk by the southern most entrance//(current morning entrance)//. 3. Children will exit the vehicle on the driver's side. 4. Cars will exit and turn right out of the parking lot.

There will be no changes made to the afternoon pick up route. A map depicting this new route will be emailed home to every family tomorrow. Faculty will be outside assisting with this new pattern Monday morning. Thank you very much for your cooperation in this matter!