Dismissal Procedures

 

All students need to know their dismissal plan before coming to school each day. Please remember to obey all official signs on streets surrounding CBS.

  • Fair Oaks Drive is a one-way street from 7:30am until 8:00am and from 2:30pm until 3:15pm. Staying to the right places you in the Front (Main) Carpool Line. Staying to the left places you in the Side Carpool Line (Bike Rack).
  • Please keep the center lane on Fair Oaks clear for emergency vehicles and people that need to get to the school immediately.

 

Front (Main) Carpool Line

  • The proper and safest procedure for all children is to proceed through the main carpool line in front of the school. Have your child's car name tag readily available.
  • Carpool line begins right before the CBS driveway next to FOAC.
  • Please obey all crossing guards and carpool directions. Watch for children at all times. As the carpool line proceeds, maintain a clear distance on either side of a crosswalk. Pull up to your designated number and wait for your child. A member of our Safety Patrol will open the door for your child.
  • Carpool auction winners will park in the "Chief Parking" zone, which is the area between the loading driveway (near the auditorium) and the flagpole. These cars have a special hang tag.
  • If you are picking up your child early, please use a parking space and avoid blocking the drive in front of the school building.
  • Students may not go into the parking lot without an adult.
  • Students may not be loaded into any vehicle on the left side.

 

Side Carpool Line (Bike Rack) 

  • Parents may proceed through the bike rack area in front of the fields and auditorium
  • A CBS employee will be calling for student names in the back lane of the parking lot. Have your child's name tag readily available. Students will be waiting patiently in the auditorium until their name is called. When the curb is full, parents should wait in a line in the back lane of the parking lot. When a spot along the curb opens up, parents may pull forward before picking up children. Parents should remain in their vehicle. Side carpoolers should yield to the front carpool line and carefully watch for children and carpool directions.
  • Students may only load into a vehicle when the car is along the curb. For the safety of our children, double parking is not allowed at the bike rack. Safety Patrol members will not be present at Side Carpool Line.
  • Students may not load into any vehicle on the left side curb.
  • Students may not load into any vehicle on the left side of the vehicle.

 

Walkers

  • Parents walking to meet their children should have a designated meeting spot.
  • In the event of Inclement Weather or Rainy Day Carpool, walkers will dismiss through the Front (Main) Carpool line.

 

Extended Day Program

  • Students meet in the lunchroom after dismissal.

 

Inclement Weather Dismissal

 

In the event that severe and potentially dangerous weather (storms, hurricanes, tornadoes or tornado conditions, snow, ice) is expected to develop during the school day, the decision for early dismissal will be made by the superintendent. Parents will be notified via the School Messenger System (automated phone and email system). Parents should also listen to local radio or television stations (Channel 10), or check the website at www.mtnbrook.k12.al.us for announcements of early dismissals and closings.

 

During such dismissal, the principal may have to require students to remain in the school until

such conditions are no longer present. Parents and other drivers are strongly discouraged

from arriving earlier than the designated time with the intention of signing out students

before the actual dismissal.

 

The following procedures have been put into place in order to ensure the safety of you and

your child.

  • If a Tornado Procedure/Warning is signaled during early or routine dismissal, students will be escorted downstairs to the safety zones designated for their homerooms. Students will leave their backpacks in their carpool zones and out of the traffic pathways. Backpacks will be picked up upon dismissal. 
  • Carpool will be postponed until the warning is lifted and conditions are safe to resume carpool. 
  • Drivers who are in the carpool line when the sirens sound are encouraged to pull over to the side of the road and join us inside for their own maximum protection.  
  • Parents will be accommodated and asked to remain in the downstairs central hallway.  
  • If parents want to check a child out, they will be expected to sign a waiver clearly stating that it is the school’s strong recommendation that they stay at school until the warning is lifted. Parents or guardians will be allowed to only sign out their own children. While somewhat inconvenient, we want to protect our parents from any undue liability issues. 
  • Students signed out under these conditions will be brought to the parents by CBS staff who will locate the students quickly and efficiently. 
  • Rainy Day Carpool: In the event of heavy rain and/or lightning (thunder), all students will go through the Main Carpool Line, Bike Rack Carpool and Walkers included. The decision for "Rainy Day Dismissal" will be made by an administrator and announced by 2:30 p.m. These procedures have been put in place to ensure the safety of our children.