TRANSPORTATION

Walkers
Students walking are expected to leave the school at dismissal time and go directly to their after-school location (home or sitter's house). Students should not stop at a friend's house to play without prior parental arrangements.

Bike Riders
Students may ride bicycles to school. Bikes should be walked on sidewalks and across crosswalks and parked in the bike racks located on the south side of the school. Students should not be around the bike area except ot put away or pick up their bikes.

The school will make every effort to safeguard bicycles, but cannot assume responsibility for them. It is strongly recommended that locks be used to secure bikes. Locks are not provided by the school.

Bus Riders
Elementary students are eligible for transportation services if theylive one mile or more from the school by commonly traveled roads. Students may ride only their regularly assigned bus and get off at their regularly assigned stop unless emergency arrangments have been made through the Director of Transportation. Food, gum, and soft drinks are prohibited on the bus. Damage to seats and other equipment must be paid for by the offender. Students are permitted ot ride the bus as long as they abide by the bus rules they receive at the beginning of the year. Students should always get off at their bus stop and report home before going to a friend's house to play. Students with three bus offenses will be unable to ride the bus.

Buses will pick-up and drop-off students on 9th Street. City "No Parking" signs exist to keep these areas open.

The Transportation Department can be reached at 340-2962.

Day Care
Our commercial day care vans and cars may pick-up and drop-off students on the east side of the buliding in the parking area off Fretz & 9th streets. This is not for child and others private/home daycare or after-school babysitting.

Car Riders
A plan designed to insure greater student safety and facilitate a smoother traffic flow routes specific traffic to different loading sites around Sunset's building.

Parents who wish to drop off or pick up their children should use the parking area at the front of the building off of 8th Street. The lane adjacent to the curb is designated as a LOADING ZONE only. Those who need to wait for extended periods of time or need to leave their vehicles should pull into one of the designated diagonal parking spaces or should park along 8th Street. The center lane serves as a THROUGH LANE. It is imperative that drivers not stop in this lane since doing so blocks it and makes it impossible to exit from the curb or parking area. Students crossing the parking lot unaccompanied by adults are instructed to use the crosswalk.

The 9th Street side of the building is restricted to bus loading only. PLEASE DO NOT PICK UP CAR RIDERS IN BACK OF OUR SCHOOL OR OFF OTHER CITY STREETS! This interferes with our bus loading and day care traffic, and can be dangerous to your child and others. 

Hopefully with our additional parking you will be able to find space to park in a space or on the city street area. Please be aware of handicap signs, fire lanes, and staff parking. We have a few spaces marked staff/office. Please do not use these spaces. Our neighborhood church allows us to use their lot, but never park on the lawn please.