Arrival & Attendance

When families have plans that will take their student away from school for more than 5 consecutive days, a Pre-Arranged Extended Absence Form needs to be filled out. You can access a copy of this form Absence Form 5+ days or request a copy from the office.   Please note this replaces the prior 3+ absence form.  

District Devices are not accessible outside the US and will not work unless you get express permission.  When submitting the form above, if you are leaving the US, please make note if you would like to use the student's device so we can put a ticket in to enable access.

The following are examples of scenarios where you would fill out this form and represent valid excuses for absence:

• Participation in a district or school approved activity or instructional program;
• Illness, health condition or medical appointment (including, but not limited to, medical, counseling, dental or optometry);
• Family emergency, including, but not limited to, a death or illness in the family;
• Religious or cultural purpose including observance of a religious or cultural holiday or participation in religious or cultural instruction.

For planned vacations, we realize circumstances arise that requires families to pull students from school. Teachers will not be expected to accommodate requests for extra work to account for missed work due to family vacations.

For students' safety, students may arrive no earlier than 9:00 a.m. as there is no supervision prior to that time. 

Car Riders Drop Off and Pickup

This is an area that is monitored by staff and safety patrol that provides a safe, systematic and efficient flow of students arriving and leaving school. It is located at the Romanian Pentecostal Church parking lot, located on 155 th Street (between 81 st and 84 th ). Students arriving and departing school in a car use this area.

Drivers should:

● Enter by turning right on 155th (there is NO left turn from 155th)
● Follow the orange cone path
● Remain in car at all times
● Post sign with student(s) name, grade, and teacher in the passenger side window
● Follow adult and patrol student directions
● Students should enter and exit from passenger side only
● Teach your child independence using booster seats, seat belts, and backpacks for quick exit and entry into car (if you need extra time please pull forward and park in a stall)

Bus Riders

If your student takes the bus home, they will receive instructions from their teacher on where to line up at the end of the day. Please remind them to follow all instructions from teachers and safety patrol at the school to ensure their safety and that they make it onto the right bus. 

Remember that Kindergarten students need to be picked up at the bus drop off location for your neighborhood. They will be returned to the school if there is no one there to pick them up.  All other students will be released off the bus at the drop off.

Daycare Van

Daycare van riders will walk to the undercover area by the bus lines at the end of the day.  There will be teachers there to help direct them to the right location.  Kindergarteners will be escorted. If your child has a change in after school plans or is sent home early unexpectedly, please make sure to contact the child's daycare to alert them of the change in plans so they know whether or not to wait for your child at the end of the day.

Walkers

• If you are walking your child home from school, the meeting location for parent pickup is at the flagpole at the front of the school, right in front of the Main Office.  Please do not meet your child at their classroom as it disrupts the flow of student movement at dismissal time.
• If the student walks home without parent supervision, they should use crosswalks and wait for the Safety Patrol and Adult Patrol to cross them before entering the crosswalk.

Only USE the designated student drop-off/pick-up areas.  We all want the children to be safe walking to and from campus.  Deviating from this practice creates safety concerns. Please do not park in the neighborhood or have your child cross without our crossing guards.

If you have a change in after school plans for your student:

• Email any changes in after school transportation to g.moorlandsoffice@nsd.org.  Office staff will confirm receipt via email. 

• Last minute changes or if you have not received email confirmation: Call the office prior to 3:00 pm the day of change. 

• Students will only be released to adults listed on your approval list.

• Please DO NOT leave change of plans in an email or voice message to the teacher on the day of change.

Bus Pass

If the change in plans requires a bus pass, please note that in the email to the office staff.  The office staff will give your student a copy that will need to be given to the bus driver for the bus they will be riding home on that day.

Please note that no bus passes will be approved during the month September as Transportation assesses space needs.

For safety purposes, we are required to know who is on the Moorlands campus at all times. 

For this reason, all visitors must sign in at the Main Office and pick up a visitor badge to be worn at all times while you are on the Moorlands campus. There are NO EXCEPTIONS.

When leaving campus, please stop by the Main Office to sign out and return your badge. 

If you are dropping off your student after 9:15 a.m. or picking them up prior to the release time for that day, please fill out the Online Attendance Form and then follow the procedures below.

Late Arrival

When arriving after 9:15 a.m., students need to come to the office prior to heading to class so we can appropriately mark them for attendance.

If you want to walk the child to their classroom to drop them off, you will need to sign into the Visitor folder, take a visitor pass and then come back to the office after dropping them off to sign out and return the badge. Because Kindergarteners are required to have an adult escort to class, there is no option and you will need to follow this procedure. 1st - 5th grade students have the option of walking to class on their own.

Early Pickup

When arriving to pick up your child prior to that day's scheduled release, please let the teacher and/or the office staff know ahead of time whenever possible so we can make sure the child is ready when you get there.

You should come to the office to sign out your child. At that time, we will call them down to the office and they will meet you there. We do not send parents to the classroom to pick up the child. Again, the exception would be for Kindergarteners as they need to have a parent escort.  In these cases, you will need to get a visitor badge and sign in as a visitor, pick up your child from their classroom and then return to the office to sign out and return the badge.

School parking spots are very limited at Moorlands.  To ensure safety and accommodate our arrival and dismissal procedures, the Moorlands parking lots are closed to families during arrival (9:00 - 9:30 a.m.) and dismissal (3:30 - 4:15 p.m. M/T/Th/F and 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. on early-release Wednesdays).

During these times, we recommend, and appreciate, families using the Car Riders Drop Off and Pickup area located at the Romanian church.