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Good News Regarding Hebrew School Pick-up

In response to years of feedback from parents and staff regarding the pick-up of students (grades 3-12) on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, the school and youth committees, other interested parents, and the staff met to discuss alternatives to the existing plan. Here’s what our new plan will do for us:

• Improved safety for children
• Increased efficiency for departing the parking lot
• Reduced confusion as new policy is simple

So, what’s the new policy?

When you arrive at Shir Tikva, park your car in a parking space and come into the brick lobby to retrieve your children.

Other pertinent information:

• Once you have everyone in your carpool, you are free to exit the lot! It’s that simple!
• To keep the flow of foot traffic moving, there will be only one set of doors IN and only one set of doors OUT.
• We will encourage kids to group with their carpools so that you can easily spot each other.
• Our staff will not release students without an adult/older sibling coming in for them.
• The curb at the end of the front walkway is for active drop-off only; again, any time you need to pick up a student, you MUST park in a parking space and NOT along a curb.

How does this affect Youth Community drop-off (6 PM) and pick-up (8 PM)?

• Drop-off: Pull up to the brick walkway at the front doors to drop off your teen at 6 pm. Proceed around the perimeter of the lot and to the exit.
• If you are picking up a 3rd -6th grader at 5:45 as well as dropping off for youth community, you still MUST pull into a parking spot and walk inside the building to collect your younger student(s).
• Pick-up at 8 PM is unchanged: Park in a parking space. Either come into the lobby or stay in your car until your student finds you, and then you are free to go. The curbs are not for pick up; we reiterate that any time you need to pick up a student, you MUST park in a parking space.

Please remember that SAFETY is the shared responsibility of EVERY DRIVER. Please respect the rules of the road, follow signage and arrows, and TAKE YOUR TIME. For easier exit, park so that you can pull forwards out of your spot! Feel free to contact Donna (Education Assistant) for lists of students who are in the same class as your child or live in the same town to arrange carpooling.

Have concerns about this new policy or want to help things run more smoothly? If you are willing to help us implement the changes or have concerns, please contact us:

Deena Bloomstone (eddirector@shirtikva.org)

Rachel Kest (familyed@shirtikva.org)

Adam Smith (youth@shirtikva.org)

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