Early Dismissals

Early dismissals should only occur in emergency situations. If it is necessary for the student to be excused from school, a written parent/guardian request stating the time of the early dismissal and identifying who will be picking up the child MUST be submitted to the ATTENDANCE OFFICE on the day of the early dismissal. Due to the high volume of car traffic at dismissal time, early dismissals will only be honored until 3:00 PM each day. After 3:00 PM, parents/guardians must wait until our regular dismissal time (3:30-4:00 PM). When picking up a child for an early dismissal, parent/guardian designee must report to the Security Office/Attendance Office. Adults picking up students for early dismissals will be asked to present proper State-issued photo identification. Students will NOT be released to any person without valid identification. The photo identification will be scanned through the Raptor Visitor Management System for clearance. The child will meet the parent/guardian in the Security Office unless otherwise directed.

Only emergency early dismissal requests can be relayed to the school via a phone call on the day of the early dismissal request. Parents/guardians who telephone an emergency early dismissal request will be called back to confirm the request. The Pennsylvania Department of Education does not approve of any early dismissal unless emergency conditions exist.

Early dismissals will be permitted only if one of these conditions is met:

1. The student presents a doctor or dentist’s appointment on official medical stationery.
2. The parent/guardian appears in person at the appropriate school attendance office to accompany the student.
3. The student has submitted a written request from the parent/guardian upon arrival to school, and a member of the office staff has validated the request.
4. If you become ill during the day, you must be properly excused by the Health Office, or the Main office.

Contact

Sue Conte
PHES Attendance Secretary
412-793-7000, Ext. 7113