School Arrival & Departure

School dismissal is at 2:50 PM.

• All students and siblings are expected to leave the school grounds immediately after being dismissed from school.
• The school grounds are unavailable for public use between the hours of 7:45 AM-3:20 PM.
• Students are to meet their parents, siblings or friends after school at a designated area on the play-ground. Please develop a plan where to meet your child after school.
• Please escort your child to your car. For safety reasons please do not allow your child to walk through the parking lot unescorted by an adult.

Supervision of students ends at 3:05 PM.

Many of our students walk to and from school each day. All students must abide by general safety rules when walking to and from school. We ask all Jefferson students and families to respect our adult or student safety patrol members and follow their directions when walking home.

For the safety of all, bikes, scooters, or skateboards must always be walked when on school grounds.

The school assumes no responsibility for stolen or damaged bikes, scooters or skateboards. However, provisions have been made to safeguard bikes and scooters by requiring them to be properly parked and locked in the school bike/scooter rack located at the front of the school. We ask that kindergarten students not ride a bicycle, scooter or skateboard to school.  Rollerblades and/or roller skates are not to be worn on school grounds.

The school bus and daycare van drop-off and pick-up location is at the front of the school

This area will be closed to drive-thru traffic and parking between 7:45 AM-8:30 AM and 2:30 PM-3:10 PM.

This area will be open for visitor parking from 8:30 AM-2:30 PM.

Any red curbing means “No Stopping or Parking.”

Individuals with a disabled parking permit will be permitted to enter and park in this area during the above times.

When dropping off or picking-up your child at this location please follow these guidelines:

• Do not double park or stop in the left (red curb) OR middle lane.
• Stop at the curb to the right-side of the loop.
• To keep cars moving pull ahead as the car(s) in front of you exit. Please use the “Stop, Drop-off/Pick-up and Go” method to keep cars moving.
• Have your child enter and exit the car on the right side against the yellow curb.
• Drive slowly and cautiously.
• If you need to enter the building or meet your child, please park in the upper parking lot.

Upper Parking Lot

• Feel free to park in the upper parking lot anytime as there are available parking spaces.
• Parking or entrance in the service lane leading to the back of the school is not permitted.
• State Street & Plum Path
• Please consider parking on State Street and either have your child walk on Plum Path to State Street to meet you OR you can walk on Plum Path to the school, meet your child and walk back to your car. Plum Path is a paved and designated path that leads from the back of the school and comes out on State Street (see right). Plum Path is approximately 200 yards in length. We have an adult crossing guard where Plum Path comes out onto State Street. There is a tremendous amount of curbed parking, with sidewalks, on both sides of State Street. Several of our student walk on Plum Path on a daily basis.

These rules were prepared by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction with the advice of the Chief of the Washington State Patrol and Director of Highways for the State of Washington.

When on the bus, students must follow these safety guidelines…

• Students need to follow instructions and directions of the driver. They are in charge of the bus and the student riders.
• General classroom conduct and behavior must be observed.
• Students need to assist the driver in keeping the bus clean by not littering.
• No student shall at any time throw anything out of the bus windows or extend their head, hands, or arms out of the windows (regardless if the bus is traveling or standing still).
• Students need to remain seated while the bus is in motion. They are not to get up for a stop before the bus has securely reached a full stop.
• Students need to exit the bus in an orderly manner.
• Students must ONLY cross the street/ highway in the front of the school bus.
• No horseplay at the stop or in the roadway while waiting for a bus.
• Students who walk an extended distance on a highway must walk on the left-hand side facing on-coming traffic.
• Students must see that they have nothing in their possession that may cause injury to another (such as sticks, any type of firearms, straps, pins extending from their clothes, etc.).
• Each student must see that their books and personal belongings are kept out of the aisles.
• If you have any questions about school bus transportation, please contact the Pullman transportation department at (509) 334-3911