Drop-Off and Pick-Up Procedures

Why We Do Curb Drop-Off and Pick-Up

Primary and Elementary students are dropped off and picked up via “curb” (carline drop-off/pick-up) for safety, convenience, and to support your child’s independence.

Safety: Minimizing adults and students crossing the parking lots reduces the chances of someone being injured by cars. We must also carefully track non-staff adults on campus for the safety of all our students.
Convenience: The carlines move quickly, and the process of getting all students into and out of class on time is greatly improved.
Independence: Carline drop-off encourages independence among our students, who are ready and willing to enter class on their own or with teacher guidance.

Toddlers are the only group of students walked onto campus by their families. Toddler students are dropped off at the Toddler gate, and teachers take them to class. MIR provides designated parking spaces in front of the Toddler classrooms to simplify this process.

There is no “grace period” beyond the drop-off and pick-up times outlined in the table above. Due to mandated teacher-to-child ratios, students may not stay beyond their program times. MIR closes at 5 pm.

Arrival and Departure Times

The table above shows the arrival and departure times for all students. There is no grace period beyond the stated times.

Sibling Drop-Off/Pick-Up Times

Toddler and Primary students with enrolled Elementary siblings: Students of both levels may be dropped off at 8:30 am, and if the younger child is in the full-day program, they may be picked up at 3:30 pm.

Drop off the older student first and pick up the younger student first.
Primary and Elementary siblings on the same campus may be dropped off and picked up together.

Requests for Late Arrival/Early Departure

If you will arrive late, please notify MIR using SchoolPass. Check your child in at the MIR office.
If you will pick up your child early, please notify MIR by emailing attendance@mir.org. Call the MIR office 10-15 minutes before your arrival to ensure we have your student ready for you. MIR staff will meet families at the curb with their students unless we’ve asked you to check them out at the office.

We have minimal staff to accommodate “concierge” pick-up and drop-off times. We respectfully ask that you drop off and pick up your children during the scheduled times as much as possible.

Please plan extracurricular activities for after your child's school day. We may not have the staff capacity to accommodate early pick-ups in a timely manner.

School-year Locations

Refer to the maps below for assistance.

Toddler families enter through the toddler entrance on South Campus, park their cars by the classrooms, and walk their children up to the Toddler gate or pick up their children at the gate.
Students in South Campus classes (Maple/Palo Verde/Paz/Sycamore/Wisteria) are dropped off and picked up along the curb in the South Campus parking lot. Please stay within the cones marking the lanes.
Students in North Campus classes (Eucalyptus/Frieden/Manzanita/Pine/Sequoia/Shanti) are dropped off and picked up in the North Campus parking lot. Drop off and pick up Primary and Lower Elementary students on the east (curb) side of the lot. Drop off and pick up Upper Elementary students on the west (street) side of the lot. Be mindful of pedestrians in the parking lot.
Elementary students in morning or afternoon childcare are all dropped off or picked up on the North Campus on the curb side of the lot.

If you have students on both campuses, you will need to drop them off and pick them up at their respective locations.

How To Drop Off and Pick Up

Checking Your Students In and Out Using SchoolPass

See How to Use SchoolPass for video tutorials on using SchoolPass.

Children are checked in and out by having the QR code associated with your SchoolPass account scanned. MIR staff walk down the carlines to scan the QR codes.

Adults must have individual QR codes and cannot share accounts. We are required by law to know exactly who signs a child out.

To access your code:

Tap Profile in the lower right corner of the app (in the morning, you'll do this after completing the Wellness Check).
Tap the View QuickPIN button.
Show the code to curb staff.

If another adult who is not an MIR parent regularly drops off or picks up your child, add them as an authorized driver in SchoolPass. Provide their email address so that we can send them the correct link to download the app. They cannot download it directly from the app store.

To authorize another MIR parent to sign your child in or out, add your child to their carpool.

If someone other than a parent regularly drops off or picks up and cannot use the app, let us know, and we will print a tag with their QR code. Before your student arrives at school in the morning, be sure to log in to SchoolPass and complete the wellness check for them.

Signing In or Out Other MIR Students

To drop off or pick up a student for another MIR family, use the Drop Off and Pick Up buttons in the app.

Drop-Off:

Tap the Drop Off button in your app
Uncheck your own child(ren) - we are scanning them in
Tap Continue
Tap Continue again

Pick-Up

Tap the Pick-up button
Uncheck your own child(ren) - we are scanning them out
Tap Add to Carline
Tap Continue