Daily Operations

To ensure safety and a smooth start to the day, please follow these guidelines:

• School starts at 9:05 AM.

• Students should not arrive before 8:55 AM, as supervision is not available.

📍 Drop-Off Location

• Parents driving their child to school should use the lower level drop-off area.

• Pull along the curb and have your child exit from the passenger side directly onto the curb.

• This is the safest and most efficient way to drop off your child.

🅿️ Parking Option

Parents may also park in a designated parking space near the crosswalk and walk their child to the crosswalk.

• For safety, students should not run or walk alone through the parking lot.

🚌 Bus Traffic

• Please note that large buses also unload on the lower level directly in front of the school. Drive slowly and remain alert.

⏳ Late Arrival

• Students arriving after 9:05 AM must report to the main office on the upper level to check in.

🏫 Afternoon Dismissal Procedures

To ensure a safe and orderly dismissal, please review the following guidelines for each dismissal group:

🚌 Buses

• All buses will load and dismiss on the upper level.

🚶 Walkers (Quail & French Trace Neighborhoods)

• Students who live in Quail and French Trace will leave through the upper-level doors.

• Only students with an address in Quail or French Trace will be dismissed this way.

• Families meeting children should wait at the end of the sidewalk by the crossing guard.

🚗 Car Riders

• All car riders will be dismissed from the lower-level main doors.

• Families must:

  • Enter the car rider line and wait until they are between the car rider signs before students may enter vehicles.

  • Remain in their vehicle—no parking and walking up to get students.

  • Display their Orange car rider sign with the family/child’s name in the windshield.

    • If you do not have a sign, you must check in at the office, then return to the car line to pick up your child. Contact the office if you need a replacement sign.

• Any students not picked up by 3:55 PM will be taken to the office on the upper level.

🚶 Soccer Field Walkers

• Dismissed through the lower-level doors with the car riders.

🚶 17th Avenue Walkers

• Dismissed through the lower-level doors by 17th Avenue.

🏃 YMCA After-School Program

• Students attending YMCA will report directly to the cafeteria.

ℹ️ Other Reminders

• Changes to dismissal must be called into the office before 3:00 PM.

• Early pickups:

  • Pick up on the upper level.

  • Park in a spot and come inside.

  • Please pick up before 3:30 PM to avoid bus traffic.

  • Students are not called from classrooms until families check in at the office.

• Late car riders: Students not picked up by 3:55 will be brought upstairs to the office.

📎 Please see the attached traffic pattern map for dismissal.

Attendance

Students learn best when they are consistently in school and able to collaborate with their peers and teachers. However, there are times where illness and unforeseen circumstances require a student to be absent.

Shakopee Public Schools parents and guardians can submit a student absence for any student in grades K-12 online in Infinite Campus in addition to calling a school's attendance line. An absence should be reported if the student will be late, absent or needs to leave early. Click on the pdf below to learn more about submitting an absence in Infinite Campus.

Click here to access Infinite Campus

Curious about when you should keep a child home because of an illness? 

Click here to learn more from the Health Services team.