School's Policy

• School begins at 8:15 A.M. each day and ends at 3:15 P.M.
• Any student arriving after 8:20 A.M. must report to the main office for a late pass. Teachers will NOT accept students into class without a late pass and extra time is wasted by going to the class and them being sent back by the teacher.
• Our dismissal is at 3:15 P.M. daily. Kindly see visitation policy for dismissal protocols.
• While an emergency might prevent you from being on time, please make it a regular practice to pick up your child on time.

In order to ensure the safety of all students, faculty and staff members and to ensure minimal interruption to instructional time. The following visitation guidelines are being implemented.

1. All visitors must enter the campus through the main front entrance of the school. A visitor is any individual who is NOT enrolled or employed at the Pearl B. Larsen PreK-8 School.
2.  All parents/ students must enter through the main front entrance of the school and must NOT utilize the side entrances of the end of wing “C” or “D”. The only exception to this guideline, are parents/children who are employees/students at the school, and who utilize the side entrances as determined by where they park.
3. Upon entering the main front entrance, all visitors must sign the visitor’s log and state the purpose of the visit; the monitor will then direct the visitor to the main office or escort the visitor to the designated meeting place if needed.
4. Parents are welcome to contact their child’s teacher. However, we ask that you email the teacher or make an appointment to meet during the teacher’s preparation period. Meeting impacting instructional time will NOT be ALLOWED. Some concerns can be addressed by our school’s guidance counselors, school monitors or an administrator when teachers is unavailable. Please be respectful of instructional time.

At the beginning of the school year, parents were granted permission to escort their children to the auditorium/class as children became acclimated to the setting. The grace period was discontinued after the first week of the school to allow students to gain independence. Designated school personnel are available to ensure that all students navigate the building safely. The only exception to this guideline is for parents of our youngest learners and specific students with medical conditions.

•  Students will NOT be released from instructional time to receive a delivered lunch. If you elect to bring lunch for your child, kindly bring it prior to the lunch period and deliver it to the main office.
• In the absence of a school nurse, parents whose children have specific medical conditions that need monitoring during lunch time, may stay in the auditorium area to check on their child/children. They CANNOT sit at the table with their child but may circulate to see what their child has eaten.

•  All parents must sign out for their child/children in the log at the front entrance, in the event that you are picking up your child before the close of the school day. Parents should NOT message their child/children to leave campus through the side exit doors, nor should parents go to classrooms (especially the modular class) to collect their child. Students will be paged to report to the main office after you have signed them out; we must account for each student.
•  The school day ends at 3:15 P.M. There are early dismissal times for certain cohort members of the school family; teachers have already established said departure times with parents from those designated areas. If there are children in the designated groupings of students who leave early and older siblings who leave later, kindly wait for the dismissal bell at 3:15 P.M. before picking up your children. A pattern of early pick-ups for middle school students is starting, and students are losing instructional time. Kindly assist us in giving full instruction to all students.

• We operate a ‘drop off and go’ system during peak hours, as this would impede traffic and hinder faculty/staff members from finding parking to begin the school day. For safety, students should disembark vehicles from the side closest to the sidewalk.
• Afternoon dismissal is an equally hectic time of the day; for the safety of the students and drivers, kindly bring your patience as you enter the gates. Please follow the direction of the monitors.
• Parents are asked to call or send a note whenever an alternate person will be picking up their child. Students will NOT be release to anyone WITHOUT parental consent.

Your child’s attendance is extremely important if he/she is going to be successful this school year. Please make every effort to send your child to school EVERYDAY unless he/she us ill (runny nose, fever, vomiting, diarrhea or any contagious disease). Teachers cover a lot of information each day which your child will be required to make up.

When your child is absent, you must send a note indicating the reason for the absence on the day he/she returns to school. Additionally, Excuse Forms are available in the office which makes it easy to simply check off the reason for the absence. Any unexcused absence will be recorded and reported to the attendance counselor for investigation as per DOE’s guidelines.

All students are required to adhere to the Board of Education’s policy on cellphone use. 

• Cellphones SHOULD NOT be in use during instructional time, unless directed to do so by the teacher for academic purposes. 
• Cellphones use is for emergency contact only and not for social entertainment. 
• Neither the school nor the Department of Education is responsible for lost or stolen phones; parents may send students with phones understanding that it is at the parents’/students’ own risk.
• Any cellphone being utilized inappropriately will be confiscated and held in the office for parental pick up only. 
• The school phone is available for use, with permission to call parents. 
• Parents may call the school at (340) 773-3070 to schedule teacher appointments.