Important Rules for Drop-Off or Pick-Up By Car
Our drop off zone is on Filbert Street. In order to make drop-off and pick-up efficient, we ask the following:
For Pickup: Please arrive no earlier than 5 minutes before your eldest student’s pickup time (see below).
Please approach from the school’s drop off zone from Greenwich St., make a right onto Taylor St., and another right on Filbert St.
Please drive up to the first available spot in the drop off zone and stay in your car until your child is able to exit or enter the car safely. All adults in the car must remain in the car.
Your child needs to be able to exit or enter on the right hand side of the car for safety purposes and to ensure that traffic can move freely down Filbert Street.
Be mindful that our school is located on a busy residential street - do not block driveways or make unlawful U-turns. If parking across the street, you must always use a crosswalk.
Once your child has exited or entered your car, please leave the zone immediately.
For safety reasons, please always get in line behind the last car; do not enter into the middle of the drop off zone. If the zone is full, you must line up behind the last car.
You may not park or leave your car unattended in the drop off zone during drop-off or pick-up hours (or immediately before). School staff will be strictly enforcing this rule.
Please communicate these procedures to anyone else who may be dropping off of picking up your child(ren).
Drop-Off and Pick-Up
In order to expedite drop-off and pick-up, we have a “white zone” permit for a section of Filbert St. Please do not park in this zone during drop-off or pick-up hours as this zone is strictly for passenger loading and unloading only during those hours. Any car parked during drop-off or pick-up will be towed at the owner's expense.
Drop-Off
NSSF team members will staff the drop-off zone beginning at 8:15am to assist students in getting out of cars and into school. At 8:40am, we will stop staffing our drop-off zone and students are responsible for walking themselves to class. After 8:45 am, your student is considered tardy and it is your responsibility to contact a Front Office staff member by calling the school’s phone 415-401-8489.
Pick-Up
Our dismissal and pick-up policies have been updated for the 2023-2024 school year to reflect our new school end times and continue to streamline our schoolwide systems. This includes differences for middle school dismissal that impact families with students in both our elementary and middle school program.
Elementary School: For all elementary school dismissals, NSSF staff members will call for students as those coming to pick them up arrive. The team member on duty will then help your child get into the car and if needed, buckle their safety belt. If you are picking up by foot, please come to the entrance of the school on Filbert Street. Below are the end times for each grade.
Please note that if you have students in multiple grades, your pick up window is that of the eldest student.
Middle School: At dismissal time for middle school, teachers will dismiss 6th-8th grade students from class. Middle School students will exit the building independently. Families who are picking up middle school students can pick them up outside of the “white zone” pick-up line in a different location that they arrange with their student.
Families can opt out of the middle school independent dismissal process if desired.
Late Pick-up and Associated Charges
If you have not picked up your child by 3:45pm on regular release days and 1:45pm on early release days, we consider this a late pick-up. For pickups that occur after the last pick up time, families will be charged $0.50 per minute with a maximum charge of $30. The charges will be issued per carpool (example: two students waiting for the same ride will only be charged one fee). This is not a punitive measure, but to accommodate for the additional staffing this requires. Exploremos cannot accommodate drop ins and staffing of late students takes away from admin staff being able to complete their work. We do understand emergencies happen and do not charge for the first late pickup. We ask that families inform the Front Office if they foresee being late.
Important Rules for Drop-Off or Pick-Up By Car
Our drop off zone is on Filbert Street. In order to make drop-off and pick-up efficient, we ask the following:
For Pickup: Please arrive no earlier than 5 minutes before your eldest student’s pickup time.
Please approach from the school’s drop off zone from Greenwich St., make a right onto Taylor St., and another right on Filbert St.
Please drive up to the first available spot in the drop off zone and stay in your car until your child is able to exit or enter the car safely. All adults in the car must remain in the car.
Your child needs to be able to exit or enter on the right hand side of the car for safety purposes and to ensure that traffic can move freely down Filbert Street.
Be mindful that our school is located on a busy residential street - do not block driveways or make unlawful U-turns. If parking across the street, you must always use a crosswalk.
Once your child has exited or entered your car, please leave the zone immediately.
For safety reasons, please always get in line behind the last car; do not enter into the middle of the drop off zone. If the zone is full, you must line up behind the last car.
You may not park or leave your car unattended in the drop off zone during drop-off or pick-up hours (or immediately before). School staff will be strictly enforcing this rule.
Please communicate these procedures to anyone else who may be dropping off of picking up your child(ren).
Authorized adults:
We will only release students to adults who are authorized to pick them up, as listed in the SchoolPass app. To add people to your child’s authorized pickup list (including other NSSF parents), please add the adult as an authorized adult in the SchoolPass app. Families do not need to contact the school regarding authorized adult pick up changes if the adult is added in SchoolPass. We will always ask unfamiliar adults to verify their identity by showing an ID. In the first few weeks, if you are a new family, please make sure to have your ID ready as our staff gets to know you.