Skyline’s tardy bell rings at 8:55 a.m. Please do not drop off students prior to 8:30 a.m., as there is no supervision outside. Also, if your child is a walker, they should not arrive at school prior to this time. When dropping off in front of the school, students may unload within the green zone. Please pull forward as far as possible when dropping off your child. All parents need to remain in their vehicles.

School dismissal is at 3:03 p.m. It is important for parents picking up their children to be here on time. We have two pick-up lanes in the afternoon, and staff assist students into their cars in both lanes. If you are picking your student up in front of Skyline, we ask that you refrain from using your cell phone once the students begin getting into cars. The car line is constantly moving and it is imperative that you give your full attention as you move up to the front of the line. As your children are getting into the car, please do not pull away from the curb until all children are in the car with their seatbelts on and all car doors are closed. Our students have also been instructed that they are not to get into their cars until their car pulls up to the front of the line. Please do not call your children to come to the car before you arrive at the front of the line.

We encourage parents to drop off and pick up their children in front of Skyline School. However, if parents chose to drop off and pick up on Dell Street, it is very important that you realize that this area is a neighborhood community. Please be respectful of our neighbors, and make sure you do the following:

• Do not stop in the middle of the street to drop off your children. Pull to the curb.
• Do not pull into driveways to drop off or turn around.
• Do not park in front of trash cans or move cans to the sidewalk.
• Do not park in areas marked red.
• Do not park and block driveways.
• Do not make U-turns in the middle of the street.
• Turn off your car engines to protect our environment.
• Do not stop your car in the middle of the road to have a conversation with another parent.
• Remind your children to stay off lawns and other landscape.

Thank you for helping to maintain positive relationships with our neighbors.

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The numbered parking spaces in the upper parking lot are reserved for staff members only. There are limited open parking slots in the upper parking lot for parents and/or guests to use. Theses spaces are not marked with a number. Parents are also encouraged to park in the lower parking lot.

We ask that you do not park and leave your car at the curb in front of Skyline School towards the end of the school day. It is very difficult to get our students in their cars and the cars out of the parking lot when there is an empty car sitting in the pick-up line.

This year the Solana Beach School District is asking for help to address health and environmental concerns created by excessive automotive idling at schools during student pick-up and drop-off. Please follow this new recommendation for drivers: If you're in line or waiting for someone and you'll be parked and sitting for 30 seconds or longer... turn off your car's engine, except for at the end of the school day once the pick-up line begins to move.

Background Information from the California Energy Commission:

• Idling is linked to increases in asthma, allergies, heart and lung disease and cancer.
• Idling gets ZERO miles per gallon.
• Idling for 1 hour burns nearly 1 gallon of gasoline.
• For every two minutes a car is idling, it uses about the same amount of fuel it takes to go about one mile. Research indicates that the average person idles their car five to 10 minutes a day. People usually idle their cars more in the winter than in the summer. But even in winter, you don't need to let your car sit and idle for five minutes to "warm it up" when 30 seconds will do just fine.

The bottom line: If you are going to be parked for more than 30 seconds, turn off the engine. Even ten seconds of idling can use more fuel than turning off the engine and restarting it.

Your child’s safety is our number one priority. We appreciate your patience and understanding in helping us to maintain safety for all our students.