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Principal's Message

Message From The Principal 

May 2025

Dear Families,

As we wrap up this school year, I would like to take a moment to sincerely thank you for your continued support. The success and growth we’ve seen in our scholars this year would not have been possible without our strong partnership. Working together has truly made a difference, and we are so grateful.

As we head into the summer months, I’d like to remind you of the many wonderful learning opportunities available in our district. It is important that our children continue to engage in learning throughout the summer to maintain the progress they’ve made.

If you’re looking for structured programs, please visit the APS website at www.akronschools.com/summer to explore the summer learning offerings available. For those interested in a more relaxed approach, consider participating in events hosted by our local library. There are also many everyday ways to keep learning fun—reading maps while traveling, exploring parks and learning about local wildlife, or visiting museums and diving into the stories behind the exhibits are all great ways to keep young minds active and engaged.

Whatever your plans may be, I hope your summer is filled with quality time, new memories, and meaningful learning experiences. On behalf of the entire staff at Betty Jane, thank you again for entrusting us with your children. We wish you a restful and enjoyable summer, and we look forward to seeing you again in the fall!

Warm regards,
Jennifer Lucas

Principal
Betty Jane Community Learning Center

 

Important times:

  • 7:55 - Drop off only for students eating breakfast

Student entry for breakfast will be through the gym doors

Please note: There is no supervision prior to 7:55 am. Students may not under any circumstances be left outside prior to this time as it presents a safety concern. If you need support with morning childcare, please contact the school office and we can provide resources regarding local daycares that assist with morning childcare support. 

  • 8:15- 8:25- Student drop off at the main entrance. Students will be able to enter the building to report to class at 8:15.
  • 8:30- Tardy bell
  • 2:30- Dismissal

 Please note: The district has chosen to have staggered start dates for various grades in the district this school year. This is to assist with transitions. 

 

Dress Code Policy

BETTY JANE ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Arrival:

Breakfast begins at 7:55 a.m. and students may enter the gymnasium doors of the building at that time. Students cannot arrive at school earlier than 7:55 a.m.  Dropping your child off before 7:55 a.m. is a safety risk. There are no staff members available to supervise students for breakfast until 7:55 a.m. 

If your child is not eating breakfast, you can drop him/her off no earlier than 8:15 am to line up at the front doors (Door #1).  Students are not considered tardy until 8:30. 

When dropping your child off in front, please remember:

  •  Pull your car all the way up in front of the building to the end of the front awning so that several students can exit their cars at once and still be under the roof awning, especially on rainy days. 

  • There is only one drop off spot ( not one for breakfast doors and one for these main doors), so please pull all the way up to the end of the curb lane. 

  • Stay in one drop off lane. Please do not pull around and in front of another vehicle assuming they are at a different drop off spot. Please wait your turn to pull all the way forward.  All students can exit their car from the flagpole forward and proceed to their destination. When cars wait to stop right in front of the main door, traffic gets backed up in the drop-off line and only one child can get out of their vehicle at a time. 

  • Also, please note that our parking lot is two lanes (curb lane for drop off and another lane for pulling out), so please use caution as you merge to turn out of our parking lot exit. 

Dismissal:

Dismissal is a busy time because we must make sure that every student exits the building and makes it home safely. To help with this transition, please try to schedule appointments (doctor, dental, etc.) before 2:00 p.m. or after 3:00 p.m. When picking up a student for an appointment near dismissal time, please park at the front parking lot, south of the crosswalk,  or in the staff parking lot so that you can get out. If you are in our parking lot once dismissal begins, you may not be able to get out until 2:45 p.m. (or when the car pick-up line is finished). There will be no student sign outs for appointments after 2:00.  The increased influx of people wishing to sign their child out early causes extreme disruption to the last minutes of classroom instruction, and it also makes dismissal run late for the entire building. If parents do not wish to wait in the pick up line, they can arrange to wait across the street on Darrow Rd. and have their child cross with the adult crossing guard. Daily early sign outs are counted against your child’s attendance as House Bill 410 now requires schools to report truancy based on the accumulation of hours instead of days.  We ask that parents help us protect the last subject of the academic day for our children by allowing children to stay in school daily until the 2:30 dismissal without interruptions from early sign outs. 

Students who ride school and daycare vans will be escorted to the main office where they will line up to be walked to their vans.  The vans will pull into the frontage lane off of Darrow Rd to pick up students so we must make sure the crosswalk is clear for students to be escorted. Thank you for your help with this.

Walkers:

Students who walk and students who are picked up by parents who park their vehicle will be dismissed out of the back playground door. Only students who are being picked-up at the car pick up line will be sent out the front doors. Therefore, if you park your vehicle across the street and walk to meet your child, you must wait for him/her at the back playground. Once again, if you are picking up your child in a car, please do not park your car in the parking lot during dismissal. We can not accommodate the increased traffic in our parking lot at one time. Also, for the safety of our students, crossing in front of pick-up traffic to walk to parked cars is not allowed.  The back parking lot is for staff and school transportation pick-up only. Please plan to walk the route from the playground to the side path (next to the retention pond), to cross your student onto Darrow Road with the adult crossing guards and Mr. Dombrosky. 

Car Riders:

While waiting in the car pick-up line, please have your number card displayed in your front dashboard so that staff members can see the number and escort your child out to meet you efficiently. Using the number system and having students wait inside ensures that they will stay safe, dry and warm while waiting to be picked up.

If your child is not picked up by 2:45 p.m., he/she will be taken to the school office and you will need to come into the office and sign him/her out of the building. Frequent late pick-ups will result in meeting with the principal to arrange after school child care services.  

 

CAR PICK UP DIAGRAM

Our car drop off and pick up line follows the same route in the morning and afternoon.  Please refer to this diagram as the route you would drive for arrival and dismissal.