Arrival and Dismissal
  • Car Riders
  • Carpool
  • WeGo Bus Riders
  • Walkers
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  • According to school drop-off procedures, students must be dropped off in the back of the building (this includes Fun Company). If parents do not want to drop students off in the back, they may choose to park at the end of 7th street (in the parking spaces adjacent to Douglas Park, but not on 7th street), or they may park on Ramsey street (but not in the front driveway of the school which is the MTA bus lane). However, if parents choose to park next to Douglas Park or on Ramsey Street, they must walk their children up to the school’s side walk starting at 7:30 am.

  • If you arrive early to drop off a student (prior to 7:25 am), please park in the left lane and leave a space open so staff members can access the back parking lot. The right lane should only be used by parents who are dropping off students enrolled in Fun Company.
 
  • If the left lane is full, feel free to park in the back parking lot spaces by the soccer fields and then rejoin the right lane of traffic starting at 7:25 am.
 
  • If you arrive early to drop off a student, they must stay in the car with you until 7:25 am. At this time, Mr. King or Mr. Beasley will begin the process of unloading.
 
  • Please refrain from entering the school parking lot from 7th street. This is an exit only. It is clearly marked as an exit. Entering this way could cause a serious accident and may result in a traffic ticket.
 
  • Please do not park on 7th street along the side of the building in the morning or afternoon. There are signs that clearly state it is illegal to park there during these times. This may result in a traffic ticket. In addition, it creates an unsafe situation for parents who are exiting the parking lot.
Many Meigs families choose to car pool  to school, and it is a great way to meet classmates or neighbors in your area.

To connect with families, join the Meigs Carpool Facebook Group, or log in to Evrits and search your zip code to meet other families in your neighborhood. You can discuss with other families how they handle transportation and network to find carpool or bus buddies.  Note: To log into Evrits email system, use the email to which you receive Meigs school emails. 

CARPOOL NUMBERS
  • The school will print Carpool cards with your unique carpool number for all of the students in the carpool. This will allow all parents to have their own card. 
  • If you lose or forget to bring the card, feel free to write the carpool number on a large piece of paper with a thick marker and place it on your dash board during student pickup.
WeGo offers free ridership for MNPS students with registered IDs. Your ID registration with WeGo serves as fare and parent permission. Last years IDs will work until September of the following school year when new ID's are issued. You may have limited opportunities to replace the ID if your child loses it. And fines to replace it may be very steep.  ID's are issued within the first month of school. You will have to provide your fare money until your child is issued their ID. The ID MUST be linked with a MTA form provided at orientation. Fares are $1 for children.  It is always good to have emergency bus money in the bottom of a back pack.
New this year, we will have specific ID badges for students who are walkers. Any student who walks to a different location at dismissal, every day or sometimes, needs a walker pass. Here are the procedures- make sure to read carefully because there is new information:
  • Arrival - Students who walk may enter the front or back lobby doors.
  • Dismissal - All students who walk will show their walker pass to the adult in the gym and dismiss through the front gym doors (Ramsey side)
  • Walker passes requested through this form will be distributed through homeroom teachers on the first day of school.
  • Each day students should report to the gym and show their pass to the adult in the gym for dismissal.
  • Students may not share passes or use a phone to show their pass. If they do not have their pass, they will have to meet with an administrator before leaving campus.
  • If your student walks to the Main Street Bus, they need a walker AND a bus pass.
New this year: Students must have a destination they are walking to. Students may not be picked up from Meigs campus as walkers. These students will need to dismiss through the car rider line. No cars may pick up kids from campus anywhere but the car rider line.
Please email [email protected] for all walker and bus questions. 
Late Arrival / Early Dismissal
If your student will be arriving to school late for any reason, they will need to sign in through the Main Office.  If a student has been to an appointment, please ask the doctor to provide you with an excuse note for school.  Students being dismissed early for appointments will be called to the office when the parent arrives to pick them up.  We do not call students from their classroom to wait in the office for a parent to get here so to provide the student with the maximum instructional time possible. A student being dismissed early can only be released to those individuals that are listed on the current Student Information Sheet filled out by parents at the beginning of the school year.