VolunteerING
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- Before you begin volunteering, please review our Volunteer/Visitor Policy.
Traffic Duty
Room Parents coordinate traffic duty. It is imperative that every shift is covered. Just 30 minutes of your time helps to ensure the safety of all of our students! Thank you for helping to do that!
Welcome back to what we hope will be a successful and safe year! For those of you new to the school, we rely on fellow parents to help keep traffic flowing at pick up and drop off times. This requires each family to volunteer for at least one traffic shift per year, per child (whether you drive, walk or bike to school). The shifts are only about 30 minutes long and you will have advance notice of your shift in order to arrange your schedule accordingly. Your class is assigned a week during the year, and your traffic room rep will be in charge of helping every one sign up for individual shifts.
It is understandable that there are occasions when traffic duty is impossible. However, we need each person to STILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A SHIFT. If you can’t fulfill the shift assigned, you need to find someone to replace you (a friend, a grandparent, a neighbor...) if that is impossible, YOU MUST CONTACT YOUR TRAFFIC ROOM REPRESENTATIVE.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT EVERY SHIFT IS COVERED!!
We ideally like to have 1-2 parents at morning drop off and two at afternoon pick up. In the mornings, we will have parent(s) helping to unload students in the “Kiss & Drop” zone. In the afternoon, the parent traffic volunteers will keep the “Kiss & Drop” zone clear of parked cars and assist in getting children into their cars quickly and safely. In addition, the volunteer(s) will monitor the space availability in the parking lot.
We are also trying to assemble a corps of traffic volunteers - people who are willing to fill in occasionally when, due to circumstances beyond one’s control, a shift is left uncovered. Please contact us if you are available to help.
We welcome any suggestions or comments you may have regarding the traffic issues around Topanga Elementary Charter School and I thank each and every one of you for your participation and cooperation!
Dismissal Time
Thank you for stepping forward to assist with traffic duty at dismissal time. We truly appreciate your time and efforts in helping us ensure that all Topanga Elementary students are safe at all times! The following are the areas that require assistance at dismissal time:
All Volunteers
Kiss and Drop Zone
Circle
Room Parents coordinate traffic duty. It is imperative that every shift is covered. Just 30 minutes of your time helps to ensure the safety of all of our students! Thank you for helping to do that!
Welcome back to what we hope will be a successful and safe year! For those of you new to the school, we rely on fellow parents to help keep traffic flowing at pick up and drop off times. This requires each family to volunteer for at least one traffic shift per year, per child (whether you drive, walk or bike to school). The shifts are only about 30 minutes long and you will have advance notice of your shift in order to arrange your schedule accordingly. Your class is assigned a week during the year, and your traffic room rep will be in charge of helping every one sign up for individual shifts.
It is understandable that there are occasions when traffic duty is impossible. However, we need each person to STILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A SHIFT. If you can’t fulfill the shift assigned, you need to find someone to replace you (a friend, a grandparent, a neighbor...) if that is impossible, YOU MUST CONTACT YOUR TRAFFIC ROOM REPRESENTATIVE.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT EVERY SHIFT IS COVERED!!
We ideally like to have 1-2 parents at morning drop off and two at afternoon pick up. In the mornings, we will have parent(s) helping to unload students in the “Kiss & Drop” zone. In the afternoon, the parent traffic volunteers will keep the “Kiss & Drop” zone clear of parked cars and assist in getting children into their cars quickly and safely. In addition, the volunteer(s) will monitor the space availability in the parking lot.
We are also trying to assemble a corps of traffic volunteers - people who are willing to fill in occasionally when, due to circumstances beyond one’s control, a shift is left uncovered. Please contact us if you are available to help.
We welcome any suggestions or comments you may have regarding the traffic issues around Topanga Elementary Charter School and I thank each and every one of you for your participation and cooperation!
Dismissal Time
Thank you for stepping forward to assist with traffic duty at dismissal time. We truly appreciate your time and efforts in helping us ensure that all Topanga Elementary students are safe at all times! The following are the areas that require assistance at dismissal time:
All Volunteers
- At start, set up cones for “Kiss and Drop” zone
- At end, gather cones and signs and place back inside fenced area
Kiss and Drop Zone
- Keep the cars moving forward. They should pull up as far as possible before stopping
- Parents should remain in the car at all times
- Cars should be parallel to the curb and the tail end should not be sticking out
- Parents should not double park and have children run between cars
Circle
- Direct cars either to pull in the carpool zone or to the parking lot
- Inform parents if parking lot is full so they can either wait next to the cones or turn around
- Direct cars from kiss and drop zone to turn safely in the circle
- Remind parents/students to use the crosswalks and to not walk across the circle
- Do not allow parents to pick up in the middle of the circle
- Encourage traffic to keep moving – slowly and safely