Just in case! Emergency evacuation plan

You should know that Franklin Elementary staff members are prepared to ensure the safety of your child in the unlikely event that the Emergency Management Officials declare an Alert 2 or 3 threat of flooding in this school’s area during the school day.

Students at Franklin Elementary would be evacuated from the school and safely transported to:

First Baptist Church

540 1^st Avenue

You will likely not be able to contact a school representative upon the notice of evacuation. However, information will be sent to you by the school voice messaging system through which you receive other important information about your child’s school and the school district. Please make sure your contact information is correct at the school so messages will reach you.

You may contact the School District’s Educational Service Center at 712-328-6446 or 712-328-6400 if you have questions or to inform the District of any obstacles that would prevent you from picking up your child as soon as practical.

School personnel will be escorting and monitoring all students until parents arrive at the reception site. Parents and guardians will be asked to pick their children up as soon as practical. You will need to sign out your child with a school principal or designated staff members.

If the current Alert 1 is increased to an Alert 2 or 3, please DO NOT go to Franklin School to pick up your child. Students and school staff will be boarding buses at this time to go to the relocation site, which will serve as a reception center for    parents to reunite with their children. Bus drivers in our district will be on call to    arrive at our school in a very short time to begin the evacuation.

Are you a collector?

We are currently collecting pop tabs, Box Tops for Education, Labels for Education, Land o’ Lakes lids, and Godfathers Fedoras.  We will be collecting Hy-Vee and Super Saver receipts once their programs begin.  Watch our Blog for start dates.  Money and points earned have been used to buy PE and Art supplies, and recess equipment.

Back to School!

The first day of school is Wednesday, August 17th.  We will have our back to school night on Tuesday, August 16th from 4:00-6:00.  Come meet your teacher!

If you drive your child to school, here is some information that will help.  The following describes the plan in place for drivers who drop off and pick up their child(ren) from school:

• Avenue C will be one-way going west from 8:30-8:45 am, 1:55-2:10 pm (Mondays), and 3:35-3:45 pm (Tuesday-Friday) on school days.  Avenue D will be one-way going east during the same time periods.
• School buses will deliver and pick up students at the west end of the pull over lane on Avenue C (in front of the 4^th grade classrooms).
• There will be no parking in front of the school on Avenue C or in back of the school on the south side of Avenue D. 
• The pull over lane in front of the school, Avenue C, will be for parents to pull over and drop off or pick up their child(ren).  There will be no parking in this lane.  Parents will pull over, children will exit or enter the car on the right side, and parents will continue on their way.  The pull over lane on Avenue D will be for the same purpose.
• Parents or other adults who want to come in to school will need to park in the church parking lots on
  32^nd St
  & Avenue C or on a street other than Avenue C.  The church parking lot is an approximate half block walk to the school.
• There will be no parking in the staff parking lot across from the front of the school.  Having children and adults cross in the middle of the street and walk between cars is not safe.
• All children and adults in the front of the school will be expected to cross the street at the corner of 32^nd and Avenue C.  Safety Patrol is stationed at this corner to assist in safely crossing the street.
• The left hand lane on Avenue C will be a through lane.  There will be no stopping to drop off children on the south side of Avenue C.

Thank you in advance for your willingness to help keep Franklin students safe.