Our goal is for carpool to run smoothly, efficiently, but most of all safely for all our students and parents. You can help by being a good STM citizen and following the rules below.

Turning left into or out of the school parking lot is prohibited. Cars get in the queue on Trinity or on Water Street if the queue has already wound around that corner. Please do do cut into the carpool line on Trinity if others are already waiting to round the corner from Water Street to Trinity. Instead, proceed up to the intersection of Trinity and Ponce de Leon and take a right. Proceed to the first light, Water Street, and take another right to join the queue. We are trying to eliminate back up traffic on Trinity and Water Streets to appease our patient neighbors.

Parking on Trinity, Ponce de Leon Ave. or any surrounding side streets and walking into the campus to pick up your child is prohibited. This creates an both a safety problem as parents and students cross a busy streets, as well as an efficiency problem as pedestrians can slow down carpool pickup for those who are following the correct procedures.

As you enter the parking lot, there are three parent volunteers that are taking carpool numbers, names of the children and their Homerooms. When they approach your vehicle be ready to give them this information. Please tell your children to listen and to come out quickly when their Homeroom teacher calls his/her name. Make sure to let them know if you are going to pick them up so that they do not go to aftercare.

The first set of cars will be dismissed at 3:10 p.m. At this time, the second set of cars will be allowed into the parking lot. If your child fails to come out during the first call, we will ask you to exit and get back in line. The second set of cars will be dismissed at 3:20. This will be an All-call, meaning all students will come out looking for their rides. At 3:30 p.m. the children who have not been picked up will be asked to go to after care.

There is no parking in front of the crosswalk in front of the entrance to the school. This area will only be used for emergencies. If your child has an appointment that requires you to leave prior to 3:10, Please come early and check your child out before dismissal procedures begin.

If you have an afternoon conference, make sure to park in front of the church so that your vehicle is not a hindrance to dismissal procedure.

Parking in the lot is allowed in the morning. However, if you are going to be here for the entire day, please park as if you will be in the first call of the dismissal procedures.

Should you be in a hurry to make an appointment, you should plan to come into the office and check out your child ten or fifteen minutes before dismissal.

We appreciate your cooperation, patience, and sense of humor.