Child Drop-Off & Pick up Responsibility Policy

CHILD DROP-OFF & PICK-UP RESPONSIBILITY POLICY

• If a child is not accompanied by a parent or guardian in the mornings, the program will assume no responsibility for the child as proper transfer of care is not given. The parent should be contacted.
• The program will only assume responsibility for a child without a parent when the child is signed in by an educator after a school day.
• If a parent chooses to drop off the child outside the school and the child does not, for whatever reason, come into the program, TOPP KIDS will not be held liable.
• Similarly, at the end of the school day, if the child does not arrive to the program in a reasonable amount of time (15 minutes), the program staff are not responsible.
  • The parent(s) will be contacted and notified of the child’s absence if the program was not previously informed.
  • If an Educator is unable to contact a parent, then an emergency contact person will be called and notified of the child’s absence from the program.
  • Educators will contact School’s Office and ask for the child’s name to be announced via PA system.
  • Educators will look for the child if ratio allows.
  • At the discretion of the Program Coordinator, given their assessment of the current situation and prior knowledge of the child, the Program Coordinator or designated supervisor will contact the police authorities and notify them of the child’s absences.
• For the safety of our children and respect for the educators, we ask parents to:
  • Talk to their children about taking responsibility and getting to the program on time.
  • Let educators know when they pick up their child(ren) before the after school program begins.
  • Inform the program in writing before pick up if someone else (who will need to show ID) will picking up their child(ren).
• If a parent is not able to pick up the child and would like one of their designated emergency contacts or the person listed as an authorized person to pick them up they STILL need to let the team know either verbally (Educator to leave a note in the communication book) or send an e-mail prior to the pick-up time.
• If the person picking up the child is not listed as an emergency contact or as an authorized person to pick up the child parents need to provide the educators with written and verbal permission to release the child.
• The person picking up the child needs to be minimum 18 years of age except if a parent provides written instructions in advance that identify a specific individual under 18 but not younger than 12 for the purposes of picking up the child. ID is required to verify the person picking up is the right person. ALWAYS ASK FOR ID IF YOU DON’T KNOW THEM.