• Carpool Procedures at Farmington Woods IB/PYP Magnet Elementary 2023-24 (updated 7-24-23)

    FWES Carpool Lane is RIGHT TURN ONLY in and out: Vehicles entering must access via Cary Parkway to turn RIGHT into FWES and vehicles exiting must turn RIGHT onto Hampton Valley Road as per Cary Police.  No left turns into FWES from Hampton Valley Road are allowed. Cary Police regularly monitor the area for safety and compliance and will issue tickets if needed. 

    All cars participating in carpool should refrain from using a cell phone while moving through the drop off and pick up area to maintain the safety of students and staff at all times.

    All Information outlined below is modeled in the video linked above for family review of the new procedures: FWES Carpool Procedures Video 

     

    Morning Carpool Drop Off

    Carpool drop off operates only at the front entrance to the school. During arrival carpool, the Cary Police has designed a right turn only traffic pattern- cars may ONLY turn right into the FWES parking lot to access carpool from Cary Parkway to Hampton Valley Road and upon exiting right turns on to Hampton Valley Road are ONLY allowed. Carpool will begin when appropriate staff are on duty to ensure student safety.  Students should be wearing masks when they exit the vehicle.  Cars should remain waiting at the sign before the service road until requested to approach by staff members on duty.  The carpool lane is a single lane only to maintain the safety of all persons during arrival even after your child has excited your car. 

    • It is important to remember that our morning news program and announcements will be broadcast daily at 9:05am and instruction for students BEGINS at 9:15am. 

    • All students should arrive at school with time to get to classrooms and be ready to learn by 9:15am.  To ensure that students arrive to class on time, plan to arrive in the carpool by 9:00am. 

    • Carpool students wishing to eat breakfast should be dropped off no later than 8:50am.  

    • If your child arrives after the 9:15am tardy bell (staff will have left the carpool loop), you MUST escort your child to the front door and WAIT with your child until a staff member can come to the door to sign the student into the school late. 

     

    Afternoon Carpool Pick Up

    • Students who will be picked up at dismissal in carpool must register to receive a carpool tag.

      • *Note that for student safety, students are issued a new carpool number each school year. 

    •  Students will only be released to vehicles showing the School Issued Carpool Tag.  Each family will receive 2 tags and can order extra tags for an additional fee. Additional Carpool tags can be purchased from the front office for the exact amount of $2.00 each (cash or check only).  Cars without a School Issued Carpool Tag will be asked to pull over and show appropriate identification at the Front Door call box before a student may be called for dismissal to that vehicle. 

      • Walking to the front door with a carpool tag will not be allowed for student pick up, families should remain in the carpool line at all times. 

    • Students will be dismissed directly from the classroom when their carpool # is displayed on the classroom dismissal screen to avoid gathering large numbers of students in the cafeteria. Students will exit through the front doors and line up on designated spots to move to the vehicles as they arrive and stop in the carpool lane. It is important that students learn their carpool # and recognize their car to expedite the process.

    • Cars should always pull as far forward as possible before stopping for loading. When all cars in the loading zone come to a complete stop, students will be released and loaded into their appropriate vehicle.

    • Vehicles may not pass stopped, already loaded or waiting to be loaded vehicles in the carpool lane and must remain in a single line throughout the pick up process. 

    •  For safety, the carpool lane will not begin moving until all walkers have left the carpool loading area- typically around 3:45pm. The first few weeks of school may be the longest wait in the carpool lane due to students learning numbers and families learning procedures. Please stagger your arrival at the carpool between 3:45-4:00pm to assist with traffic flow. After the first few weeks of the year, Carpool pick up will conclude at 4:10pm daily and vehicles should arrive by 4:00pm to avoid a late pick up of your child from their classroom. 

      • Late Pick Up Carpool: Please ensure you are not late to carpool pick up for your child- arrival after 4:05pm, as the student will remain in the classroom with the teacher until you arrive. If parents arrive after carpool staff have left the loop, the parent must go to the front door call box to show ID for pick up of the student. At that time the student will be called from the classroom and the parent will be asked to show ID and then sign the student out to verify the pick up when the student arrives at the front of the school.

        • Consistent late pick up from carpool and families will be asked to enroll in the afterschool program. 

    To ensure the safety of all students at dismissal, students WILL NOT be dismissed from the front door between 3:15-3:45 pm.  

    Thank you for your cooperation!