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Drop-off & Pick Up Procedures

Follow The Yellow Brick Road

 

Chaparral Parking and Student Drop-Off/Pick-Up Guidelines

Chaparral’s parking lot is limited in size, and with many students arriving and leaving each day, safety is our top priority. To help ensure a safe and efficient process, we ask all families to follow our strict drop-off and pick-up procedures. Thank you for your continued support and commitment to keeping our school community safe and efficient. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

🚶‍♀️ Plan Ahead

•Arrive early
•Park along Bird Farm when possible.
•Older students can walk to a designated meeting spot.
•Walk or use the drop-off pick-up lane with younger students.
•Preschool, TK, and Kinder students must be picked up by a guardian who must walk to their child’s teacher, use visitor or street parking, and walk onto campus. Do not use the drop-off/pick-up lane.

 

 

🚗 Pick-Up & Drop-Off Efficiency

•Pull forward to load/unload.
•Students should be ready to exit/enter promptly as soon as their car comes to a complete stop.
•Multiple cars loading & unloading keep traffic moving quickly.
•Do not exit your car under any circumstances.

 

🔄 No Left Turn on Exit

Right turns only at the parking lot exit to maintain traffic flow. Left turns are not permitted under any circumstances.

 

 

🚫 Staff Parking & Bus Entry Only

•Do not park in the lot marked STAFF. Our staff parking is limited.
•Do not enter the BUS drop-off and pick-up zone. This area is STRICTLY for buses.

 

 

🚦 Traffic and Safety Rules

•Do not drive on the wrong side of the road. To avoid the line on Bird Farm, use side streets to approach Chaparral from the east side.
•Obey the crosswalk laws.
•Do not call students to cross the street or the parking lot unaccompanied.

 

A school pick-up and drop-off map shows designated zones and traffic flow.

 

 

Download the map and guide

 

FAQ

  • Please arrive early to park in the visitor parking area or park on the street so that you can walk onto campus to pick up your child. You may not stop to pick them up in the drive-through lane.

  • If your child is still working on this skill, you’ll need to park your car in one of the designated spots or along the street. To help keep traffic concerns to a minimum, cars need to keep moving.

  • All students arriving late must report to the office prior to going to class.

  • That’s wonderful! Be sure to stand behind the green line. Be sure your car is parked in a visitor parking lot spot or on the street. You may not park in the bus pick-up and drop-off area.

  • No child may cross the parking lot or go into the drive-through lane unaccompanied.

  • Our students have gathering areas by grade level. They should be standing in their area noted on the map.

  • We understand that sometimes emergencies come up. Please give our office a call and let us know. If a child is often waiting for someone to pick them up well after dismissal, we will contact friends and family from their emergency contact list to come and get them. Please note that our staff is often not available to watch your child after dismissal hours due to meetings and other work commitments

  • Unless you are picking up several students or picking up students from many schools, you may not use the bus area. That area is reserved for permitted vehicles only.

  • No. It’s not legal, safe, and doesn’t allow our staff to exit the parking lot to make it to meetings.