Morning Drop Off Information

Kinder-Second Grader Car Riders
Kindergarteners, first graders and second graders are to be dropped off in front of school in a single file line and will enter main front doors or the doors to the middle hallway.

Third-Fifth Grader Car Riders
Third graders, fourth graders, and fifth graders will be dropped off in the parking lot adjacent to the playground and enter the side doors by the playground/gym/cafeteria.
Carpools or cars with siblings should drop off in the lot of the youngest rider in the car.

Additional Information
•Please have your child/children ready to exit the car prior to entering the drive.
•Pull all the way up to the sign that says, “Pull Up to Here” in a single line near the sidewalk to drop off your child/children.
•Allow your child to exit anywhere on the sidewalk, rather than waiting until you are directly in front of the doors.
•Stay in your vehicle once you enter either drive, just as your would at the airport.
•Please allow enough time for morning traffic (especially on rainy days).
•All car riders should be dropped off from the car rider lane only.
•For the safety of your child, do not let your child exit your car and walk between parked vehicles, as this is not a safe option.
•The car loops are one way at all times, both morning and afternoon.
•Please avoid the lot near Trophy Drive and the back drive (except PreK/ECSE families)
•Being on time allows your child to begin their school day without feeling rushed. It is also important to model being on time.

Other Transportation Options
•Walkers and bicycle riders will enter the building through the main front doors.
• Bus riders will be dropped off at the back entrance.












Afternoon Dismissal
Parents will indicate how students will go home using Smart Tag. Changes to mode of transportation need to entered by 2:00 p.m. each day. If you have trouble accessing the system or miss the deadline, please call our receptionist, Lei Johnson at (512) 533-7400.

There are 5 dismissal options: School Bus Riders, Car Riders, Escorted Walkers and Daycare Bus Riders, Unescorted Walkers, Bike Riders, Extended Care/Enrichment Class Participants, and Bus Riders

ONLY buses pick up at the back of the school building. Please do not enter the bus lane at the back of the school. Bus riders will exit the back doors of the main hallway. Buses will transport ONLY eligible riders. They will no longer transport additional students for sleepovers, scouts, parties, etc. due to lack of available seats.

Car Riders
Due to minimal parking area on the streets surrounding Serene Hills and concern for student safety, parents are discouraged from parking to pick up students. If you choose to park, you will need to do so on Trophy Lane or in the parking lot adjacent to the playground.

•If your child will be riding home in a car please make arrangements to classify your child as a car-rider and pick him/her up in one of the two drives, Kinder through 2nd in the front drive and 3rd through 5th graders in the lot adjacent to the playground.

Kinder-2nd Grade Car Riders
•Please have your numbered car tag hanging from your rear view mirror when you enter the drive.
•Please remember that cell phones at pick-up is a violation of law and a distraction that could be harmful or deadly.
•As soon as you veer right, form two lines.
•Please remain in your vehicle at all times. Once your child is placed safely in your vehicle, stay in the far right lane and merge into one lane to exit.
•Your car will be loaded once you arrive at the loading zone.
•If you are picking up children who are not outside, pull forward to the far right and wait near the bike racks.

Third through Fifth Grade Car Riders
•Enter the parking lot adjacent to the playground and form three car lines. Fourth & Fifth graders will be picked up from either the middle of the lot OR the left lane and load on the driver's side. Third graders will be picked up from the right lane and load on the passenger side.
•Please move all the way forward to the sign that says, “Pull Up to Here.” This is where students will load.
•Please remain in your vehicle at all times.
•Please do not park in the lot and call your child to your car for the safety of your child. You must enter the line. Once your child is in your vehicle, stay in the far right lane and circle around until you reach the exit to the street.

Escorted Walkers, Bike Riders, and Daycare Bus Riders
•Parents who walk or ride their bike to campus to pick up their child/children may pick up outside the North side (facing Trophy Dr.) of the building, which is where the students exit. Please walk all the way up to the doors.
•Students will wait on the upper covered patio until we release them to a parent. Please do not call a child to cross the street when the parent is on one side and the child is on the other.
•Crossing guards are stationed at the corner of Trophy and Highlands Drive and again at Highlands Drive and Lakeway Blvd.
•All pedestrian and bicycle traffic should take these routes to and from school. Please do NOT pull into teachers parking lot and wait for their children to come down to their car at far end of the parking lot, nor pull up close where kiddos are walking and call them to your car.

Unescorted Walkers/Bike Riders
Students with this dismissal designation will be released to walk or bike ride home alone.

Extended Care/Enrichment Class Participants
Students enrolled in these programs will be escorted to the location designated on campus for the program in which the student is enrolled.