ARRIVAL & DISMISSAL
Carpool
Everything you need for a safe and efficient arrival and dismissal.
Please Allow Extra Time
Carpool takes longer during the first two weeks of school as families and students learn the routine. Wait times improve as everyone becomes familiar with the process.
QUICK INFO
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Carpool Signs
Each family will have a single carpool number for all of the scholars in that family.
Tags may be picked up at Open House or will be sent home with your student. If you have multiple scholars, they will be sent home with the youngest scholar.
Carpool signs should be shown in the front dashboard window until you exit campus.
Before You Arrive
Display Carpool Sign
Keep it visible until you leave campus.
Be Ready to Exit
Keep it visible until you leave campus.
Practice Buckling
Help younger students practie buckling and unbuckling independently.
Put Phones Away
Stay alert and off devices throughout carpool.
The Essentials
All students must use the carpool line.
Do not pass or stop outside designated loading zones.
Do not block traffic on Weddington Rd.
Follow staff directions at all times.
Cars may not line up for afternoon dismissal before 3pm.
Morning Carpool
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Enter only during the designated arrival window.
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Proceed to the front of the carpool line.
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Stop only in a designated drop-off zone.
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Make sure your scholar is ready to exit.
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Exit without passing other vehicles.
Students may be dropped off in either parking lot. Do not stop early to release a student directly in front of their building.
A scholar must be out of the vehicle before the arrival window ends to be considered on time.
Afternoon Carpool
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Display your school-issued car tag.
- Enter only during the designated dismissal window.
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Put your vehicle in park while scholars are loading.
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Remain stopped until the line begins moving.
Middle School siblings enrolled in Middle School Study Hall will be released at 3:45 p.m. or when their younger siblings are called for carpool.
Lower School families must present a Socrates Academy-issued car tag. Anyone without an official car tag will be directed to park and show identification.
Carpool Map & Traffic Flow
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New maps will be posted soon!
