Parking & Transportation

Aerial view of the school with arrows indicating the flow of traffic

 

Drop-off:

  • AM drop off: 8:00-8:12 a.m. / PM drop off: 11:45-11:57 a.m.

  • If you arrive late you will need to park and bring your child into the office
  • Cars will enter at the 4-way stop and pull through the round-about by the Westhill office, then to the undercover area in the front of the building
  • Have student car seats on the driver’s side of your car
  • Classroom sign (provided by your teaching team) visible in your car window or dash (front dash preferred) 
  • Students will be unloaded by staff 5 cars at a time 
  • If you are the first in line, pull all the way up to the orange marker (cone)
  • Teachers will unbuckle and unload students from cars, do not get out of your car
  • Do not pull out of line
  • Do not back up
  • Yield to Sorenson buses leaving the parking lot

Pick-up:

  • AM pick-up: 10:45 a.m. / PM pick-up: 2:30 p.m.
  • If you arrive late, you will need to park and pick up your child from the office
  • Classroom sign visible in your car window or dash (front dash preferred) 
  • We will load all cars from the front to the end of the loading zone to the end. 
  • Parents will be responsible to buckle students into their car seat.
  • Turn blinker on to indicate you are ready to go
  • Do not back up to exit the line! Staff will help guide you out.
  • Staff wearing vests will help cars enter and exit the pick-up line

Parent Parking and Pick-Up Procedures

  • Once you have found a parking space, please wait at the Westhill undercover area until the buses start leaving Sorenson and then cross the street to pick up your child. This allows space for classrooms to walk to their benches and gives more space for students and staff moving from benches to buses.
     

  • If you do not find a parking spot, please continue to wait/drive outside our school until space becomes available. Please do not park or keep your car running in the traffic lanes. Also, please do not leave unattended children in your parked car while you pick up your preschooler. You are welcome to park at Sorenson, Westhill, or on the street if spaces are available. It takes us on average between 5-8 minutes to put all the students on the buses, so you will have time to find a space once buses start leaving.  
     

  • If you need assistance with an individual drop-off or pick-up plan for your son/daughter, please talk with your child’s teacher and we will try to accommodate your request. Thank you all for your understanding our increased enrollment and how this impacts our pick-up times. I will communicate any additional changes or revisions, but please know student safety is our top priority!  I am happy to hear input from you if you would like to make suggestions or have other ideas on how to make our pick-up process work smoother. We all appreciate your support!

 

NOTE:  During the 2024-25 school year, the construction entrance for the new Sorenson addition and other site improvements at both campuses will be the center lane, which continues down between Westhill and Sorenson Early Childhood Center. The contractor will prohibit deliveries of materials during drop-off and pick-up times. Do NOT drive down the center lane between the schools.

 

District Transportation

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