General Information

• If your child is a bus rider and will not be riding the bus, please send a note to the Millennium office.
• If there are changes to your plan for picking up your child you must contact the office and the teacher!
• The north opening to the parking lot is entrance only; the south side is exit only.
• AM Kindergarten Dismissal will use the bus lane in the front of the building.
• CAR POOLING IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED!!!
• The Tinley Park Police assisted us in developing a safe arrival and dismissal plan. Please follow staff direction and have patience. We enter and exit a large number of students from our building. Student safety is our number one priority.

BACKDOOR WALKERS
Towne Point students can walk to school by crossing with the crossing guard. Radcliff Place students can walk to school along the sidewalk on 179th Street or they can use the new sidewalk in the neighborhood that connects with the school playground. All walking students must use the sidewalks. Caution should be used due to the fact that busses enter the back lot. Students are not allowed on the blacktop during arrival or dismissal times. Backdoor walkers may line up outside Door #4 and Door #5 to enter the building. Backdoor walkers will meet in the Commons at the end of the school day. They will be dismissed after all busses have left the property.

FRONT DOOR WALKERS
Students who live East of 84th Avenue who do not have bus service should cross with the crossing guard at 84th Avenue and Cloverview. Students must use the sidewalks. The parking lot is off limits to walkers.

FRONT DOOR CAR RIDERS
ARRIVAL: Parents who choose to drive their children to school line up at the front of the school. They should be prepared for long wait times. Drivers should pull up to the curb SINGLE FILE pulling all the way to the end of the island. Individual cars cannot stop at the front door; this slows down the process. Parents dropping off 4th and 5th graders only can use the right lane. Students must exit their cars on the SCHOOL SIDE of their cars. Drivers need to exercise caution and drive slowly. Staff members are present to direct traffic. Staff members are not responsible for opening and closing vehicle doors.
DISMISSAL: Drivers should use 2 lanes for dismissal. Staff will use horses to block cars in the first lane and safely allow students to cross at the crosswalk. Each car must have a card with the students' last name clearly visible displayed on the passenger side of the car.

BACK DOOR CAR RIDERS
A small number or families were contacted last year by the Police Department to pick up their children at the back of the school. This is a limited number of vehicles for dismissal only. These families receive a confirmation letter in August.

BUS RIDERS
Students who have bus service are encouraged to use it. School rules apply on busses. Students who do not follow the rules receive a written reprimand. Bus privileges can be lost if 3 reprimands are accumulated. Busses drop off and pick up students at the back of the building. Cars are not allowed at the back of the building (AN EXCEPTION IS IVY LEAGUE PARENTS DROPPING STUDENTS OFF).

DAY CARE VANS CHANGE IN PRODEDURE!!!
Children riding day care vans will be dropped off and picked up at the back of the building.

IVY LEAGUE
A before and after school care program is housed a the school. Information is available at the front desk. This is a separate company from the school. Parents who choose this option drop off and pick up their students at the back of the building using door #5.

SPECIAL ENTRANCE FOR FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE
Fifth grade students are encouraged to line up at Door #3 to enter the building in the morning. Fourth grade students may line up at Door #4. Walkers and bus riders should walk to that door. Car riders can exit their cars and use the sidewalk on the north side of the building to walk to door #3. In bad weather situations 4th and 5th graders can enter with the other students.