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Office
Office hours are posted, Monday through Friday. Parents wishing to deliver messages, forgotten homework, musical instruments, etc., are asked to come to the office. Every effort is made to reduce classroom interruptions.
Visitors (GPS procedure Eo80.2)
Parents, guardians, and/or members of the community are welcome in our schools and are encouraged to visit the schools/classrooms. All visitors are required to check in at the main office and are required to wear a visitor’s badge.
General Visits: General inquiries about your child do not require an appointment and may be directed to the main office staff. Visitors are asked to make appointments for information or inquiries with the building leadership and/or teachers.
Classroom Visits/School Tours: A written request must be submitted to the principal at least 48 hours in advance, specifying the focus of the visit and alternative times/dates.
The Superintendent encourages the use and involvement of volunteers in the Greenwich Public Schools in the belief that this provides an opportunity for citizens to render genuine services to the public schools. The Superintendent also believes that such involvement furthers the District’s goals and objectives in community relations. Efforts shall be made to involve all segments of the community in the volunteer program.
Early Dismissal
While we do not encourage scheduling appointments for students during the day, we recognize early dismissal is sometimes unavoidable.
When a parent requests an early dismissal, the child must bring a written note to the school. The note shall state the following: time of dismissal, purpose, and name of person who will pick up the child. The note should be given to the classroom teacher who will forward it to the office where it will be recorded in a Dismissal Book, initialed, and returned to the classroom teacher.
All children who are dismissed for whatever reason must be signed out in the office by the parent or designee picking up the child.
Emergency Closures
In the event of a DELAYED OPENING
and/or a SCHOOL CLOSING:
In the event of inclement weather or other causes (power outages, etc.) for the delayed opening or closing of school, the Superintendent or his/her designee will determine an appropriate and safe course of action. Generally, the decision is made and announced* between 5:00AM and 6:00AM. Please note that although every attempt is made to determine the opening status of the schools as early as possible, the Superintendent reserves the right to make that decision at any time based on the conditions of the moment. In the case of a delayed opening, please continue to check the status of the schools, as the status could change to a closing if the weather or an emergency situation continues or worsens.
*The following methods of communication will be used for notification of school closures and delayed openings:
- GPS Web Site: www.greenwichschools.org
- CT Weather Web Site: www.ctweather.com, click on IAN Cancellations or follow link on GPS web site
- District ParentLink: The District will use the ParentLink electronic telephone communication system to call the primary number for each family.
- Radio: local and regional stations
- Television: Cablevision Channel News 12 and other local and regional stations
Please note: A delayed opening means faculty will also arrive late to school. Since there is no supervision available before the stated delayed opening time, students must not arrive early on these days. Parents who must report to work at their usual times should arrange for their child to stay with another adult or go to the home of a classmate until school opens.
In the event of an EARLY RELEASE:
In the case of an early release, a decision is made prior to 11:00 a.m. in order to follow the standard early release schedule. However, a decision could be made at any time to dismiss earlier or later than the ‘standard’ schedule. In either case, the early release dismissal times are listed on the GPS Web Site. It is suggested that if there is a chance of inclement weather, and parents/guardians will not be available that day due to work or other obligations, that parents/guardians check in with emergency contacts and make arrangements in case an early release is called.
*The following methods of communication will be used for notification of an unscheduled Early Release:
- GPS Web Site: www.greenwichschools.org
- Local Radio Station: WGCH
- Gmail for GPS staff
*The following methods of communication MAY be used for notification of an unscheduled Early Release:
- Other local and/or regional radio and television stations
- School ParentLink: Schools will use their ParentLink electronic telephone and/or email system at the discretion of each school’s building leader and based on the school’s Early Release notification protocol.
Please check the GPS website at http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=66
for additional and/or updated information.
IMPORTANT:
Do not rely on any one form of communication for information related to school closings, delays and/or early release.
Please check phone, email, web, television and/or radio in anticipation of any changes of opening status for schools.
With the beginning of each new school year, families will receive a Student Information Profile Sheet from our district database. This profile contains all of the student's data (home, address, phone number) including emergency contact information. Parents must please review the profile sheet, update the information as appropriate and return it to school immediately. This information will be used to update the student's profile in our database and will be referenced in an emergency.
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