Dear TMSA Parents and Guardians,
Our students’ safety and security are a priority at The Main Street Academy. TMSA’s administrative and leadership teams, with parental feedback, have developed new silent dismissal procedures, effective Monday, February 14, 2022, to enhance safety and provide a more seamless and time-efficient dismissal process.
To maximize instructional time, maintain an orderly school environment and ensure safe dismissal, no student may be checked out of school after 2:15 p.m. (no exceptions). Your cooperation is appreciated.
During dismissal, all students (excluding those participating in the After School Program or extracurricular activities) will exit the school building to their cars via three designated color zones (yellow, orange or green).
Note: Rideshare students should be picked up from their designated color-coded pickup zone.
TMSA parents and guardians will be issued new TMSA color-coded mirror tags which will help facilitate silent dismissal communications. Also, students will be issued color-coded backpack tags to help facilitate silent dismissal. The new color-coded mirror and backpack tags will be issued to students on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. If your household didn’t receive the new mirror and/or backpack tag immediately contact [email protected]. It’s imperative that you’re the new tags are respectively hanging from your cars’ mirrors and affixed to students’ backpacks beginning February 14, 2022.
TMSA students who walk home from school will be dismissed through the front doors.
The new plan is intended to conclude dismissal by 4:00 p.m. daily. What happens after 4:00 p.m.?
- All afterschool students report to afterschool locations
- All athletes and cheerleaders will respectively be released to their coaches
- Front of school dismissal ends, and a cone is placed to block the interior lane
- All remaining students will be dismissed to the back of the school near the green zone
Late Pick-Up
Students not enrolled in the After School Program and participating in extracurricular activities must be picked up by 4:15 p.m. (no exceptions). Students who accumulate three tardy pick-ups will be contacted by the school social worker, Mr. Nixon. After six accumulated tardy pick-ups, the Department of Family and Children Services will be contacted. Any students picked up after 5:00 p.m. will be charged the After School Program drop-in fee of $25.
Please note the following important reminders:
- Refrain from cell phone use
- Be courteous to our neighbors by not blocking their driveways
- Do NOT enter the carline earlier than 2:45 p.m. (early dismissal ends at 2:15 p.m.) This will prevent congestion in the school’s parking lot in the event of an emergency, reduce/eliminate overflow traffic onto Janice Drive and allows visitors/staff to enter/exit
- Dismissal changes (ex. students staying after school for extracurricular or tutoring, not taking a transportation shuttle, etc.) MUST be communicated to the front office no later than 1:30 p.m.
- Always keep mirror tags inside your vehicle and on backpacks
COLOR-CODED DISMISSAL MAP
Please contact Eve Nealy at [email protected] with questions pertaining to the new dismissal procedures.
The new silent dismissal procedures are truly a team initiative amongst parents, guardians, teachers, staff, and students. Everyone is a part of the team to ensure the safety and security of our students.
Thank you,
The Main Street Academy’s Administrative Team