The license, the adults and the bus

• 1:151 adult to 15 children5 to 11 years · Group size: 30

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Ages 5 years to 11 years

• Background checks
• CPR and first aid
• Mandated reporter training
• Medication training

• Sign-in and pickup

  A staff member signs each child in at the front door. At pickup a child leaves only with an adult on your list, and we ask for photo ID from anyone we haven't met.

• The bus and headcounts

  Names are checked against the school's list at the school door, at each stop and again at our door. A driver and a monitor ride every trip.

• Allergies and medicine

  Tell us about allergies at the tour; we ask privately once you enroll. Medicine is given only with your written permission, by a staff member trained to give it.

• When a child is ill

  A child with a fever or a contagious illness stays home. If a child becomes ill here, we call the first person on your list and a staff member stays close until you arrive.

• Drills

  We practice fire drills and a bus evacuation with the children, and every staff member knows where the first aid kits are kept.

• Outdoors and weather

  On dry days the activity hour goes out to the yard. When it is wet, icy or very cold the activity moves indoors to the gym.