Allendale Elementary School

• If your child attends the YMCA Program: He/she will enter through the cafeteria door only.The YMCA Program is open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
• If your child attends breakfast: He/she will enter through the cafeteria door only.Breakfast is open from 8:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
• If your child is a walker: He/she will not be allowed to enter the building until 8:30 a.m. through the main entrance of the building.The only exceptions would be if he/she attends breakfast of the YMCA program.Then he/she would enter the cafeteria door at the times outlined in this section.
• If your child DOES NOT attend breakfast, the YMCA Program, is not a walker, and doesn’t ride the bus to school: This means that he/she is coming by car.Cars must wait in the morning car line (extends down Connecticut Avenue and enters the property at the mouth of the driveway; Please do NOT block our neighbors driveways) until it is started by a staff member with the orange traffic stick.You should always pull as far down the driveway as you can.When you are the lead car, you must always pull all the way down to the large orange traffic cone.Car line will begin no earlier that 8:30 a.m. You can contact the YMCA for childcare if needed at: 413-499-7650.
• If your child arrives by bus: He/she will line up in front of the building (if the bus arrives before 8:30)and enter the main entrance at 8:30 a.m.In the case of inclement weather, students will line up in the hallway of the main office until 8:30 a.m.The only exceptions would be if he/she attends breakfast or the YMCA Program.Then he/she would enter the cafeteria door at the times listed above

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