Before and After School Policy


COMMUNICATION WITH THE SCHOOL OFFICE:

Absences

Parents are asked to please call the office at (720) 561-4602 by 8:45 a.m. if a child will be late or absent. You may call in the evening and leave a message if you know your child will miss the following day at school. To leave a message in the main office voicemail box press 0 once the machine answers.

Tardiness

We believe that regular school attendance and being on time is of the utmost importance. All students should be in attendance at 8:35 a.m. when school begins. A student arriving after 8:35 a.m. needs to report to the office before proceeding to class. We realize some tardies are involuntary, such as accidents and weather. It is our goal to reduce voluntary tardies. Students are held accountable for completion of missed work due to either voluntary or involuntary tardies. The staff will identify students with chronic tardiness and provide appropriate intervention to reduce tardies.

Early Dismissals

Parents who need to have a child dismissed early or excused from school for a brief period of time should sign their student out in the office while staff calls the student down.  Please talk to your teacher to determine arrangements for necessary school work.  Students who return, after an appointment, for the remainder of the day, need to check back into the office.

After school arrangements need to be made prior to the beginning of school. Students are not allowed to use the school phones to make play dates. It is not always possible to get a message to a classroom during the last minutes of the day. We understand that emergencies come up and we will try to help when that happens.

Before and After School Procedures

For your child’s safety, students should be dropped off at Flatirons no earlier than 8:00 a.m. when supervision begins in the morning. After school supervision ends 15 minutes after dismissal so be sure your child has been picked up by 3:05 p.m. Any student who remains will be brought to the office so that parents may be contacted. Please be sure to take care of communication for any after school plans before dropping your child off for the day. The safety of your child is our utmost concern.

Students may not drop their belongings in their classroom until the bell rings at 8:35 a.m.

On days with inclement weather, there will be a sign posted on the school entrances, as well as by the front door to indicate if children may proceed to the cafeteria for indoor recess. On indoor recess day all students should enter the building through front door.