DROP OFF & DISMISSAL - CAR RIDER INFORMATION
The dismissal times are staggered to try to alleviate congestion and back up of traffic on Fruitville Road. There is also not much parking available on campus; therefore we are asking parents to use the Car Line or bus transportation in the mornings and afternoons.
Car Line Procedures: As you pull in for Car Line, please be aware that cars are behind you and that you need to move up as close towards the front of the car line to avoid backup on Fruitville Road. Also, please note that parking is not allowed on Tree Road and absolutely NO U TURNS, as this is a severe traffic hazard.
Morning Drop Off:
During morning drop off, your child will be let out at their designated team color entrance. At that time, a teacher will greet the student, and have their temperature checked, marked as present, and order breakfast and lunch as needed.
Please take a look at our arrival and departure map, coordinated by color. Download Here.
Morning Car Line is from 7:45am to 8:00am.
Students should be in their classroom by 7:45am and in their seats by 8:00am. Any students arriving after 8:00am will be considered tardy, and parents/students will call the front office to check in student, and someone from their team will be able to take your student to their class.
Please do not walk into the office
After School Pick Up: In the afternoon, Car Line times are according to the schedule below. Students who are not picked by 4:30pm will automatically be sent to After Care. If your student is sent to After Care you will be billed.
Carline Dismissal times:
Kindergarten through 5th Grade: 3:30pm
If you also have other students in higher grades, you will need to come at the later dismissal time ONLY.
Middle School: 4:00pm
Please do not arrive before 4:00pm to allow the younger grades time to be dismissed. If you also have students in younger grades, please pick up at this time.
Car Window Signs:
Car tags will be distributed the first few days of school. You MUST HAVE this sign hanging in your vehicle in order to pick up your student(s) via the Car Pick Up Line. This safety protocol is for the protection of our students, your children.
Parents will not be allowed on campus during school hours.
Car Line Procedures: As you pull in for Car Line, please be aware that cars are behind you and that you need to move up as close towards the front of the car line to avoid backup on Fruitville Road. Also, please note that parking is not allowed on Tree Road and absolutely NO U TURNS, as this is a severe traffic hazard.
Morning Drop Off:
During morning drop off, your child will be let out at their designated team color entrance. At that time, a teacher will greet the student, and have their temperature checked, marked as present, and order breakfast and lunch as needed.
Please take a look at our arrival and departure map, coordinated by color. Download Here.
Morning Car Line is from 7:45am to 8:00am.
Students should be in their classroom by 7:45am and in their seats by 8:00am. Any students arriving after 8:00am will be considered tardy, and parents/students will call the front office to check in student, and someone from their team will be able to take your student to their class.
Please do not walk into the office
After School Pick Up: In the afternoon, Car Line times are according to the schedule below. Students who are not picked by 4:30pm will automatically be sent to After Care. If your student is sent to After Care you will be billed.
Carline Dismissal times:
Kindergarten through 5th Grade: 3:30pm
If you also have other students in higher grades, you will need to come at the later dismissal time ONLY.
Middle School: 4:00pm
Please do not arrive before 4:00pm to allow the younger grades time to be dismissed. If you also have students in younger grades, please pick up at this time.
Car Window Signs:
Car tags will be distributed the first few days of school. You MUST HAVE this sign hanging in your vehicle in order to pick up your student(s) via the Car Pick Up Line. This safety protocol is for the protection of our students, your children.
Parents will not be allowed on campus during school hours.
BUS TRANSPORTATION
We have been notified by Sarasota County School Board that anyone that lives within a 2 to 5 mile radius of Sarasota Academy of the Arts and needs transportation, MUST sign up immediately. The county is offering “Pocket Pickup Bus Service” which means students must have transportation to a pick-up location where a bus will pick them up and transport the students to SAA. During the time the students are at the bus stop, waiting to be picked up, they must have an adult waiting with them.
You must register with Sarasota County Transportation to ride the bus. Click Here
There are currently two buses assigned to SAA for morning bus pick up and afternoon drop off and we will be using pocket pick ups. The first bus has three stops and will pick up at Osprey Avenue & Versailles Street, Wilkinson Elementary, and Linwood & Vincent. The second bus will stop at Bay Haven, Gocio Elementary, 8th & Dodge (near Tuttle Elementary), and Lockwood Ridge & Bay Street.
You must register with Sarasota County Transportation to ride the bus. Click Here
There are currently two buses assigned to SAA for morning bus pick up and afternoon drop off and we will be using pocket pick ups. The first bus has three stops and will pick up at Osprey Avenue & Versailles Street, Wilkinson Elementary, and Linwood & Vincent. The second bus will stop at Bay Haven, Gocio Elementary, 8th & Dodge (near Tuttle Elementary), and Lockwood Ridge & Bay Street.
