Arrival/Dismissal Plans

Arrival

Students will enter the school through their assigned door. For families with more than one student, please enter the door assigned to the youngest student. Hand sanitizer will be at the entrance of each classroom, and students will use it upon entering and leaving the classroom throughout the day. 

  • Main carline/entrance – PreK4, Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grades students 
  • Saunier carline/entrance – 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students 
  • Short Street carline/entrance – MS studentsStudent drop-off begins at 7:25 a.m.

If you arrive before this time, you will be asked to stay in the car with your child until the school doors open. If the need arises for you to enter the school with your child, please park in the visitor spaces (located directly behind the church).  Please do not drop off your child prior to 7:25 a.m. unless tey are registered for and attending early care. Preschool students must arrive by 8 a.m..  Kindergarten-8th grade students must arrive by 7:50.

PreK4, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades

  1. Enter SPPS from the Second Street driveway entrance (past the fourth house on the left).  Please do NOT enter the parking lot from Saunier St.
  2. Proceed across the parking lot to the lane closest to the school/church. Student drop-off begins at the edge of the sidewalk in the RIGHT LANE ONLY. Please pull all the way down to the end if there are no cars in front of you.
  3. To exit the school parking lot, you will need to turn left onto Saunier as there will be cars dropping students off on Saunier. Turning right will put you into that car line and delay you as well as the students exiting their cars on Saunier. 
  4. If your child is unable to unbuckle unassisted, you will need to pull into the visitor parking lot, park, and help them unbuckle. 

5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade

Students will be dropped off at the front of the school on Short Street.  

The bus will drop off students in the parking lot, and students will be escorted by a teacher to the school entrance.

Arrival Plans

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Pre-K, K, 4th and 5th arrival plan
Pre-K, K, 4th arrival plan
6th, 7th and 8th arrival plan
5th, 6th, 7th and 8th arrival plan

Dismissal

Each family is issued two (2) car tags.   We ask that you keep this car tag for the entire time is at SPPS. Should you lose your car tag and require a replacement a $5.00 replacement fee will be charged.

  1. Enter SPPS from the Second Street driveway entrance (past the fourth house on the left).
  2. The dismissal line will spit in two at the street light in front of Ave Maria.  
    As you exit the parking lot, cars in the right line must turn right onto Saunier Street.  Cars in the left lane must turn left onto Saunier Street.  
  3. Student pick up begins at edge of sidewalk in both lanes.
  4. Duty teacher will release lanes of traffic after all cars in your lane are loaded.  (If all other cars in your lane are loaded and you do not have your child, you will be asked to circle the block.)
  5. Middle school students that do not have younger siblings (grades preschool-5)  may exit through the front doors on Short Street and be picked up there.  After 3:15, any student that is not picked up will be escorted to aftercare and the drop-in fee will be charged. 

School car tag must be visible in front window — without a tag you will be asked to park and show identification in the school office.

Bus Service Registration Form

Bus Riders

We are pleased to offer an afternoon bus service from SPPS to various locations this year.

  • Families at Sts. Peter & Paul School and Lexington Catholic have access to a bus service provided by SPPS  The school employs a bus driver.
  • Students riding the bus shall report to a supervised area until dismissed to the bus.
  • Bus routes and drop-off locations will be based on demand and may be subject to change.
  • Monthly billing/invoicing for the bus service will be done through each student’s school (LC or SPPS) FACTS account.
  • Due to the fluctuation in gas rates, bus rates may be subject to change. We will do our best to hold rates steady throughout the year.
  • Service will begin Monday, Aug. 19.

We are no longer able to offer a daily drop-in rate for bus services. We will be offering a weekly drop-in rate in which a student may ride the bus once or up to all five days for that week only. Students will not be able to carry over any unused drop-in days for the weekly rate to other weeks throughout the year.

Walkers

Only middle school students that are walkers will exit the building through the front doors on Short Street.  All elementary age students must exit the building through the doors next to the office.

Change in Dismissal Plans

If you need to make a change to your dismissal plan for the day, please call the office at 859‑254‑9257 by 2:35 p.m..  Please do not text or email office personnel or teachers.  There are times we are in meetings and will  miss the texts or emails.

These policies are in place for the safety of all.  Thank you so much for keeping our students and staff safe and sound.