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Please be mindful of crosswalk, sidewalk, parking lot, and roadway safety.

Walkers– Please enter through the front or playground entrance.
Bikers – Please use the bike racks located along the playground entrance and enter through the playground entrance.
Bussed Students – ONLY school buses, approved vans, or those requiring handicap access may use the school’s driveway for loading and unloading students. Students enter through the school’s front entrance.
Parent Vehicles –ONLY use the designated Highland and Westland Street drop-off/pick-up areas. Students then proceed along the High Street sidewalk to access the playground entrance.

Do NOT exit your vehicle.
Do NOT idle your car engine.
Students should ONLY enter or exit a car’s right passenger side, never on the street side.
Yield to pedestrians in crosswalks.
Follow any Crossing Guard instructions.
Do NOT enter the school’s driveway unless your student needs assistance or you are a visitor.
Follow the traffic circulation pattern of the designated drop-off/pick-up areas.
Do NOT make U-Turns or change direction using private driveways.
Do NOT park within 15 feet of crosswalks and intersections.

For everyone’s safety, all adults must use the school’s front entrance and sign-in at the front office.

School Hours

8:05 AM – 2:25 PM

Arrival

8:00 AM – First bell for students to enter the school building.

8:05 AM - Students arriving after this time will be marked tardy and will need to sign-in at the front office using the front entrance.

Dismissal

2:25 PM – Students dismissed.

Ambrose Arrival and Dismissal Plan

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Routine Daily Drop-Off and Pick-Up Traffic Procedures

Please share this information with any caretakers who will be bringing or picking up your child from school.

Parking is permitted

On the west side of Taft Drive.
On Westland Avenue
On High Street past Westland Avenue
On Sachem Road
On Oneida Road

Morning Drop Off

Is a live drop off. In order to participate in live drop off your child should be able to open the car door on their own, release their seat belt and exit the vehicle. Parents and caregivers please do not exit your vehicle for any length of time, as you drop-off your child(ren). Please pull all the way forward in the pull-in area when dropping students off. This will allow additional cars to pull in behind you. If your child requires help please park your car in one of the designated areas and walk your child to their arrival door.

Afternoon Pick-Up:Parking is permitted

High Street pull-in area. There is no live parking restriction during afternoon pick-up. Please do not double-park in the permitted pull-in area.
On the west side of Taft Drive.
On Westland Avenue
On High Street past Westland Avenue
On Sachem Road
On Oneida Road
On Wedgemere Avenue

Parking Restrictions

U-turns on High Street are not allowed.
Double-parking on High Street is not allowed.
The parking lot behind the school is restricted to Ambrose staff.
The visitor parking lot adjacent to the Sanborn House is closed during morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up to keep students entering and exiting the building safe from vehicle traffic.
Crosswalks, bus stops, and fire hydrants are always off limits.
Please do not drop off your child in the faculty parking lot.

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Ambrose School Walking/Biking Route Map

Park and Walk Locations

1. Central Administration/currently Lynch Elementary

2. Taft Street

3. Robinson Park

4. Glen Green

5. Calumet/Oxford

6. Wildwood/Lewis

7. Bacon/Ginn Rd

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