It is important for students to be at school every day and on time. Students are considered tardy after 7:45 a.m. and will need an adult to sign him/her into school. Please park out front in the small parking lot and walk your student into the front office. If your child is sick, remember to send the doctor's note or parent note when he/she returns. We appreciate your help with ensuring your child's academic success.

In the mornings, we utilize a single file line closest to the building for drop offs. To help with timeliness, we will open both the front and back of the building for dropoffs.

• Front dropoff begins at 7:15 a.m.
• Back dropoff begins at 7:20 a.m.
• If your child is able to open the car door and get out unassisted, we encourage them to do so after you have pulled up to the covered walkway and after all traffic has stopped.
• Please do not pull around other cars to exit. We will work to ensure that traffic moves quickly and smoothly and that everyone exits in a single line.

For afternoon dismissal, we split into two lanes at the front of the building.

• Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and sibling groups are assigned to the "A" lane closest to the building.
• 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Grades are assigned to the "B" lane. They must cross the driveway crosswalk for pickup.
• You will go in the same lane every day. We do not switch back and forth due to how Car Rider Pro is set up. Even when someone is absent, please stay in your assigned lane.

Car Rider Pro: We are using Car Rider Pro this year! If you need additional or replacement tags, please stop by our front office or call 903-668-5993 and ask for Cassidy or Cynthia. The cost for additional or replacement tags is $7, and can be paid via cash or check. Please remember the following to ensure that your tag scans each day for pickup.

• You must have your Car Rider Pro Tag hanging for it to scan on the reader. Please do not block the reader.
• We will open the gate for the car line at 2:00 p.m. You may not line up before that time.

Shuttle System: If you have an elementary student that attends West and you have older siblings that attend Intermediate, HJH, or HHS, you may choose to drop off your older siblings at West and they can board a shuttle bus to go to their campuses. We do ask that if you are using the shuttle service, please enter and exit from the loop due to bus traffic using the Page Road entrance. There is a separate, smaller driveway for the shuttle service, as indicated by the green arrows on our traffic flow maps.

You may begin dropping off for shuttle service at 7:00 a.m., and the shuttle leaves promptly at 7:15 a.m. You will need to arrive by 7:10 a.m. to ensure that your older students are loaded onto the shuttle buses before they leave. If you arrive after the bus leaves, you will only be allowed to drop off your West Elementary student and will need to drive your other students to their respective campuses.

The afternoon shuttle returns to West between 4-4:15 p.m. Please arrive at West no earlier than 4:00 p.m. to pick up your students. Should these times not work for your family, your students can also use district bus transportation from your home.

Please direct any questions regarding our shuttle system to Nicole Cates at ncates@hisd.com or Joshua Stewart at jstewart2@hisd.com.