Parking & Transportation

Walker Area

Classes will be walked to the walkers waiting area at the end of the school day. Students walking home will use the walking exit gates and crosswalks once they meet their guardian at the exit gate. Please ALWAYS keep the exit to the crosswalk clear for our students exiting.

• Procedure For Students Walking Home:
• Classes will exit their classroom and come to the waiting area in front of the exit gate.
• Students will line up by grade level. Grade level signs will be displayed to designate grade level sections.
• Parents please wait behind the gate. Your student will come to the gate to meet you when they see you.
• We will dismiss Kindergarten and First grade first. Parents please be looking for your child. 
• Please keep the area in front of the gate clear to allow students to connect with their families and exit.
• A staff member will be helping connect your student to you.

Car Drop Off and Pick Up Area

While Fernwood is under construction, our traffic patterns will be changing to ensure the safety of our students, families and staff. Until our North parking lot is completed, we will utilize the following car drop off and pick up procedures for the 24-25 school year. The image above is a visual of those procedures. 

These procedures include: 

• Cars can enter the drop off and pick up lane off of 39th from the north or south.
• Follow the arrows, turning right to enter the pickup lane.
• Parents will be asked to have a sign on the lower right side of their dashboard displaying their assigned household number, Student’s First and Last Name, teacher, and grade level. 
• Assigned household numbers will be handed out on the first day of school, so we can quickly identify students ready to be picked up. Families with more than one student will share a household number. 
• Students will be waiting in grade level sections for their names to be called when their car arrives.
• Families will stay in their car to pick up students. No parking and coming to pick up students waiting in the car pick up area.
• We will ask cars to pull forward to keep the flow of traffic moving and we will bring your child to your car. Students are to enter from the driver side only to ensure safety.

Please review this slide show for visuals on transportation procedures. 

 

Buses

• Only students that live outside of the one mile radius to school qualify for a bus route. 

• Please visit Northshore’s Transportation Department website for more information and bus routes. 

Bikes

• ALL students wanting to ride a bike or scooter to school, even with adult supervision, need to follow the following procedures. 

• All riders must FIRST fill out the Bike/Scooter to School Agreement and Consent form

• Only students ages 10 and up only are allowed to independently ride bikes or scooters to school once their form is approved. 

• Any bike or scooter must be parked on the bike rack and is not permitted on campus past this location.