Beginning Monday, June 23, the entire Main Street entrance and the “Kiss and Drop” parking lot at Liberty Elementary will be temporarily closed due to ongoing construction repairs of the box culvert hole in front of the school. This change will impact all parking and traffic patterns until further notice.

Below are the procedures:

Drop-Off Procedures

• Morning drop-off begins at 7:15 a.m.
• The North Main Street entrance will be CLOSED to all vehicle and foot traffic.
• All drop-off traffic must enter campus via the rear School Street driveway.
• Vehicles will loop through the parking lot and pull up along the curb near the main entrance.
• No parking is allowed in the drop-off line. Staff will assist students exiting vehicles between 7:45 and 9 a.m.
• All students must enter through the main entrance.
• Walking drop-off is strongly encouraged. Pedestrians must enter campus from School Street and use the sidewalk to walk to the main entrance.

Please note:

• From about 7:38 to 7:53 a.m., the rear driveway will be closed temporarily as buses begin to arrive.
• Civilian vehicles will not be permitted to enter or remain on campus during this time and will be directed to wait off-campus. Municipal parking can be utilized to support walking drop off.
• Foot traffic will also be restricted while students are disembarking from buses. Families may release students at the front of the bus line to join the bus students walking in.
• The driveway will reopen once all buses have cleared the area.

Dismissal procedures

• From about 2:15 to 2:40 p.m. on full days and 11:40 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. on half days, no civilian vehicles or pedestrians will be permitted to enter or access the rear School Street driveway while buses are staging and loading students.
• Once all buses have departed and the area is cleared (about 2:40 p.m. on full days and 12:05 p.m. on half days), the rear driveway will reopen for both vehicle and foot traffic.
• Escort pick-up will then. from the same locations as previously assigned except for third grade and A. Philips class, which will be dismissed outside of door 6 near the cafeteria windows.
• Vehicle traffic will enter campus through the rear School Street driveway, loop through the parking lot and park in designated areas only.
• Do not double park, block traffic flow, or park in unauthorized areas.
• All foot traffic will use the sidewalks and crosswalks to walk to and from your child’s assigned pick-up location.
• Consider using the municipal parking if campus parking is full. The Lemonade parking lot is not to be used for pick up or drop off