Ranney School
Ranney School Campus Traffic and Parking 2016/2017 Please read the notice below carefully, as there have been some changes to dismissal procedures. Due to the full Lower School dismissing at the same time, families will pick up all of their children in one Dismissal Zone determined by the youngest child in the family.
Lower School Morning Drop-Off Beginners and Pre- K Early Childhood Education Center Approach campus through the traditional entrance. Upon entering campus keep in the middle lane. Drive straight, passing the Ranney Clock Tower on your right. All students at the Early Childhood grade levels (Beg/Pre-K) are dropped off at the porch in front of the Early Childhood Education Center (Grey Building) after 8:15a.m. Drop off between 7:30 – 8:15 will be in front of the Lower School Academic Complex. Ranney faculty and staff will greet students and guide them toward their morning areas. Parents who want to walk their children in should park in Parking Lot B in front of the Commons/Annex. NO PARKING IN FIRE LANES IS PERMITTED. Grades K-5 Lower School Academic Complex Approach campus through the traditional entrance. Upon entering the campus, keep in the right lane. Make immediate right and drive past (and then around) the Margaret Mahon Building. After passing the MM Building, make 2nd left onto roadway in front of the Lower School Academic Complex, (LSAC). All students must be dropped off curbside and enter at the main entrance. DO NOT DROP STUDENTS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OR FAR LEFT LANES. Beginning at 8:00 a.m. Administration, staff and/or faculty assisted by Fifth Grade Student Leaders will be outside the building greeting students and families. All students enter through the main entrance of the Lower School. Inside, the students will be directed to morning waiting areas or homerooms depending on time. Parents who want to walk their child in must park in the lot in front of the LSAC. NO PARKING IN FIRE LANES IS PERMITTED. Families with children in both Early Childhood and Elementary grade levels We recommend you drop-off elementary students first at the Lower School Academic Complex, then proceed to Ranney Tower and make a right. Continue to the Early Childhood Education Center and drop-off your youngest child at the porch. (if younger siblings are dropped-off first, cars must proceed completely around campus on ONE WAY road and OFF campus on to Hope Road in order to re-enter). Families with children in both Elementary grade levels and Middle/Upper School We recommend you drop-off elementary students first at the Lower School Academic Complex, then proceed to Ranney Tower and drive straight across campus on the road way, (please follow all traffic directives).
Lower School Afternoon Pick-Up Procedures Half- Day Beginners (noon) are picked-up at the porch in front of the Early Childhood Education Center. Early Childhood staff or faculty will assist students to the car. Please do not get out of your car and have your car tag and blue name card visible in the passenger window.
Full-Day Beginners, Pre-K students and their older siblings (3:25PM) will be picked up at the last door (located at the far end) of the Early Childhood Education Center near the Commons. Please have your car tag and blue name card visible in the passenger window. Faculty will assist children into the car. Please do not get out of your car. If you would like to pick up your child(ren) at the door, please park in the parking lot in front of the annex/admissions building and walk to the door.
Kindergarten, Grades 1, 3, 4, 5 Cars should arrive on campus no earlier than 3:15 for our 3:25 dismissal. Drivers should remain in their car engine off while waiting, as idling cars are not permitted. Approach campus through the traditional entrance. Upon entering the campus, keep in the right lane. Make an immediate right and drive past (and then around) the Margaret Mahon Building. After passing the MM Building, make 2nd left onto road way in front of the Lower School Academic Complex. Fill in the curbside and center lane to pick up your child(ren). The far left lane must remain open for passing vehicles. Students will be brought to the car by Ranney faculty and staff for loading. Children are NOT permitted to cross the driveway to the parking lot without a parent.
Cars for pick-up Cars for pick-up
No Standing Lane—moving traffic
Crosswalk
No Standing Lane—moving traffic
Sidewalk Stations for Student Loading Station Station Station Station #4 #3 #2 #1 Grades 2 Pick-up Cars should arrive on campus no earlier than 3:15 for our 3:25 dismissal. Drivers should remain in their car engine off while waiting, as idling cars are not permitted. Cars enter campus through the traditional entrance. Proceed straight across campus just beyond the Ranney Clock Tower to the pick-up zone at the Panther Hall entrance area. Students will be brought to the car by Ranney faculty and staff for loading.
Parent Walk-up to Pick-up Because all of Lower School is dismissing at 3:25, we strongly encourage pick-up in the carline rather than walking to the door of your family’s pick-up zone. LS students will be departing the building in the location of the youngest child in the family. To maintain accountability of our students, parents will need to walk outside to the proper waiting zone doors, so that the supervising teacher can accurately account for children leaving with a designated person. Children should never be pulled from the line as they head to their pick-up zone. Accommodations can be pre-arranged for special pick-up circumstances in advance.
LOWER SCHOOL PARENT PARKING Early Childhood Families are welcomed to park in the main lot in front of the Commons and the Annex. This parking lot is located just past the Early Childhood Education Center (Barn). Parking Lot B. Elementary Families (grades K-5) are welcomed to park in the lot located directly behind the Margaret Mahon Building and in front of the LSAC Building. Make your first left before the Margaret Mahon Building to enter this lot. ALL cars entering campus must have their parking tag visible. Cars without tags will not be permitted on campus until visit purpose is verified and a license check is completed by security. Please also have the Blue Ranney Name Card visible on the passenger side visor or windshield so that teachers announcing names can easily see it. Please display cards all year so that all teachers who may not be familiar with your family can assist with pick-up. This is also helpful when we have substitute teachers assisting. Guests during afternoon pick up WILL NOT be permitted to enter building or take students home without proper documentation and written notice from home.
BUS STUDENTS
Lower School bus students are dropped off at the porch of the Early Childhood Center in the morning. They will be greeted by Ranney faculty and directed to their appropriate grade level areas. Bus students are gathered and escorted to the bus zone by Ranney teachers in the afternoon. It is important for bus students to be able to provide their full name, grade, teacher name, and a parent phone number in case it is needed while being transported.
Lower School Morning Drop-Off Beginners and Pre- K Early Childhood Education Center Approach campus through the traditional entrance. Upon entering campus keep in the middle lane. Drive straight, passing the Ranney Clock Tower on your right. All students at the Early Childhood grade levels (Beg/Pre-K) are dropped off at the porch in front of the Early Childhood Education Center (Grey Building) after 8:15a.m. Drop off between 7:30 – 8:15 will be in front of the Lower School Academic Complex. Ranney faculty and staff will greet students and guide them toward their morning areas. Parents who want to walk their children in should park in Parking Lot B in front of the Commons/Annex. NO PARKING IN FIRE LANES IS PERMITTED. Grades K-5 Lower School Academic Complex Approach campus through the traditional entrance. Upon entering the campus, keep in the right lane. Make immediate right and drive past (and then around) the Margaret Mahon Building. After passing the MM Building, make 2nd left onto roadway in front of the Lower School Academic Complex, (LSAC). All students must be dropped off curbside and enter at the main entrance. DO NOT DROP STUDENTS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OR FAR LEFT LANES. Beginning at 8:00 a.m. Administration, staff and/or faculty assisted by Fifth Grade Student Leaders will be outside the building greeting students and families. All students enter through the main entrance of the Lower School. Inside, the students will be directed to morning waiting areas or homerooms depending on time. Parents who want to walk their child in must park in the lot in front of the LSAC. NO PARKING IN FIRE LANES IS PERMITTED. Families with children in both Early Childhood and Elementary grade levels We recommend you drop-off elementary students first at the Lower School Academic Complex, then proceed to Ranney Tower and make a right. Continue to the Early Childhood Education Center and drop-off your youngest child at the porch. (if younger siblings are dropped-off first, cars must proceed completely around campus on ONE WAY road and OFF campus on to Hope Road in order to re-enter). Families with children in both Elementary grade levels and Middle/Upper School We recommend you drop-off elementary students first at the Lower School Academic Complex, then proceed to Ranney Tower and drive straight across campus on the road way, (please follow all traffic directives).
Lower School Afternoon Pick-Up Procedures Half- Day Beginners (noon) are picked-up at the porch in front of the Early Childhood Education Center. Early Childhood staff or faculty will assist students to the car. Please do not get out of your car and have your car tag and blue name card visible in the passenger window.
Full-Day Beginners, Pre-K students and their older siblings (3:25PM) will be picked up at the last door (located at the far end) of the Early Childhood Education Center near the Commons. Please have your car tag and blue name card visible in the passenger window. Faculty will assist children into the car. Please do not get out of your car. If you would like to pick up your child(ren) at the door, please park in the parking lot in front of the annex/admissions building and walk to the door.
Kindergarten, Grades 1, 3, 4, 5 Cars should arrive on campus no earlier than 3:15 for our 3:25 dismissal. Drivers should remain in their car engine off while waiting, as idling cars are not permitted. Approach campus through the traditional entrance. Upon entering the campus, keep in the right lane. Make an immediate right and drive past (and then around) the Margaret Mahon Building. After passing the MM Building, make 2nd left onto road way in front of the Lower School Academic Complex. Fill in the curbside and center lane to pick up your child(ren). The far left lane must remain open for passing vehicles. Students will be brought to the car by Ranney faculty and staff for loading. Children are NOT permitted to cross the driveway to the parking lot without a parent.
Cars for pick-up Cars for pick-up
No Standing Lane—moving traffic
Crosswalk
No Standing Lane—moving traffic
Sidewalk Stations for Student Loading Station Station Station Station #4 #3 #2 #1 Grades 2 Pick-up Cars should arrive on campus no earlier than 3:15 for our 3:25 dismissal. Drivers should remain in their car engine off while waiting, as idling cars are not permitted. Cars enter campus through the traditional entrance. Proceed straight across campus just beyond the Ranney Clock Tower to the pick-up zone at the Panther Hall entrance area. Students will be brought to the car by Ranney faculty and staff for loading.
Parent Walk-up to Pick-up Because all of Lower School is dismissing at 3:25, we strongly encourage pick-up in the carline rather than walking to the door of your family’s pick-up zone. LS students will be departing the building in the location of the youngest child in the family. To maintain accountability of our students, parents will need to walk outside to the proper waiting zone doors, so that the supervising teacher can accurately account for children leaving with a designated person. Children should never be pulled from the line as they head to their pick-up zone. Accommodations can be pre-arranged for special pick-up circumstances in advance.
LOWER SCHOOL PARENT PARKING Early Childhood Families are welcomed to park in the main lot in front of the Commons and the Annex. This parking lot is located just past the Early Childhood Education Center (Barn). Parking Lot B. Elementary Families (grades K-5) are welcomed to park in the lot located directly behind the Margaret Mahon Building and in front of the LSAC Building. Make your first left before the Margaret Mahon Building to enter this lot. ALL cars entering campus must have their parking tag visible. Cars without tags will not be permitted on campus until visit purpose is verified and a license check is completed by security. Please also have the Blue Ranney Name Card visible on the passenger side visor or windshield so that teachers announcing names can easily see it. Please display cards all year so that all teachers who may not be familiar with your family can assist with pick-up. This is also helpful when we have substitute teachers assisting. Guests during afternoon pick up WILL NOT be permitted to enter building or take students home without proper documentation and written notice from home.
BUS STUDENTS
Lower School bus students are dropped off at the porch of the Early Childhood Center in the morning. They will be greeted by Ranney faculty and directed to their appropriate grade level areas. Bus students are gathered and escorted to the bus zone by Ranney teachers in the afternoon. It is important for bus students to be able to provide their full name, grade, teacher name, and a parent phone number in case it is needed while being transported.
