Safety is our primary concern when coordinating the arrival and dismissal of students whether they are walkers, car riders, or bus riders.
All children arrive and depart from school as either bus riders, car riders, or walkers.
On the first day, many PPE families choose to walk their children to the school’s front entrance. Parking is encouraged on Priest Road and Wilshire Drive and it gets crowded! During the first week of school, all methods of transportation tend to be slower than normal – please plan accordingly.
Bus Riders
If you live more than 1 ¼ mile from school, you should receive information from the MNPS Transportation Department that details your child’s bus route number and pick-up and drop-off times and locations. This information can also be accessed at the MNPS website (www.MNPS.org) under Our Schools/Buses and Transportation. Other information regarding the opening of schools is also available on this website. Specific bus questions can be found in the MNPS Transportation document. If you are a bus rider, please review the MNPS Policy on bus conduct, rules, and safety. The Remind App also helps families keep up with their bus. To join, send a text message to 81010. The content of the message should be as follows:
| For Route 1 Pink Bus (#2401) Please text @ppebus1 |
For Route 2 Orange Bus (#2403) Please text @ppebus2 |
| For Route 3 Blue Bus (#2404) Please text @ ppebus3 |
For Route 4 Purple Bus (#2410) Please text @ppebus4 |
| For Route 5 Yellow Bus (#2409) Please text @ppebus5 |
For Route 6 Red Bus (#2406) Please text @ppebus6 |
| For Route 7 Gold Bus Please text @ppebus7 | For Route 8 Green Bus Please text @ppebus8 |
Walkers
Students are eligible to be walkers if they live in the school zone and are close enough to walk to school. The preferred method of dismissal for all non-bus riders is the car rider line. Walkers are limited to those students who are walking from their home to school and from school to their home.
Walker Drop Off Protocol
Walkers may enter through the front door on Priest Road only. Please watch for bus and car traffic and walk on the sidewalks. Parking on Wilshire/other neighboring streets is not permitted.
Walker Pick Up Protocol
Walkers will be dismissed from the side of the building near the Pre-K playground. Please watch for bus and car traffic and walk on the sidewalks. Parking on Wilshire/other neighboring streets is not permitted.
Pre-K Drop Off Protocol
All cars should approach campus coming down Priest Road from East Ashland. Pre-K cars will enter in the first entrance closest to Willshire Drive as you approach campus. Pre-K cars should yield to cars exiting campus. Pre-K cars will line up in the right lane by the cafeteria or Pre-K cars can park in the visitor parking spaces. Pre-K cars should not pass the first pole in order to avoid conflicts with the busses.
Pre-K check-in will be done in the cafeteria. Families will need to walk your Pre-K student to the cafeteria door and complete check-in with the Pre-K staff.
Families with a Pre-K student and older siblings can drop off all students in the cafeteria.
After dropping off, cars will continue in the loop and exit by turning right onto Priest Road.
Pre-K Pick Up Protocol
Pre-K will dismiss in the back loop. At 2:00PM, the back gate will be unlocked for Pre-K cars only. Please have your Pre-K dash placard visible.
Pre-K cars will approach campus coming down Priest Road from East Ashland. Cars will enter the loop using the second entrance on Priest Road. Proceed around the loop, filling both lanes and stopping at the Tiger Paws by the fire hydrant and the retaining wall.
Please put your car in park and walk to the exterior door 6 to pick up your student. Students will need to be signed out. After loading, cars will continue around the loop and exit by turning left on Priest Road.
Car Riders
Car Rider Numbers will be distributed to new families at the All School Sneak-a-Peak and Popsicle Party. They can also be picked up on the first day of school. Returning families will continue to use the same number. Please work with your child to learn his or her Car Rider Number before school starts or even consider writing it on their tote bag/tag.
Teachers, Staff, and 5th Grade Ambassadors will be available to help students find their classrooms. PTO volunteers are assigned to help parents navigate the traffic configuration. Please be patient and follow the safety rules – NO CELL PHONE USE during arrival or dismissal per Tennessee State Law and the safety of our children.
Car Rider Drop Off Protocol
All cars should approach campus coming down Priest Road from East Ashland. Cars will enter the loop using the second entrance on Priest Road closest to Otter Creek Road. Please be prepared to yield to busses and Pre-K cars exiting the loop. Once you enter the loop cars can fill either lane and should proceed around the loop to the car rider unloading area. If no cars are in front of you, please pull all the way up to the Tiger Paws by the fire hydrant and retaining wall. Cars need to be placed in park.
Once both lanes are filled, school staff will signal for students to exit their vehicles. Only have your student exit the vehicle if you are parked between the Tiger Paws. Car riders should exit on the passenger side of the vehicle and go immediately to the sidewalk.
Once students have unloaded, school staff will signal for cars to move. Cars will proceed around the loop, continuing in two lanes and exiting on Priest Road. Cars in the inside (right) lane should plan to turn right onto Priest Road and cars in the outside (left) lane should plan to turn left onto Priest Road. Be prepared to yield to busses and Pre-K cars entering the loop.
Car Rider Pick Up Protocol
Cars will approach campus coming down Priest Road from East Ashland. Cars will enter the loop using the second entrance on Priest Road and continue around the loop to the back gate by the playground. Cars should not go beyond the back gate until 2:40PM. At 2:40PM cars may proceed forward, filling both lanes and stopping at the Tiger Paws by the fire hydrant and the retaining wall.
Please put your car in park and wait for students to be dismissed to your car. You will be able to exit your car at this point to let your child know where you are in line. Teachers and staff will then dismiss children to cars.
Once loaded and signaled to move, cars will continue around the loop and exit to Priest Road. The left lane MUST TURN LEFT onto Priest Road. The right lane MUST TURN RIGHT onto Priest Road.
Tiger Club
Tiger Club Drop Off Protocol
Tiger Club students will enter from the front loop on Priest Road by Wilshire Road. Cars will park in designated area near the marquee and across from the marquee. Parents and caretakers will walk their student into the cafeteria and sign in with a Tiger Club staff member. Cars will then exit back out onto Priest Road and turn right. Tiger Club students must be dropped off no later than 7:30am.
Tiger Club Pick Up Protocol
Tiger Club students will go to their designated area in the building for Tiger Club dismissal. Tiger Club dismissal will be from the cafeteria. Tiger Club staff will send out additional information and procedures for pick up.