Back to School and Morning Drop-Off

Good afternoon,

I hope you've enjoyed the last full week of summer. Our RJ Grey staff returned on Wednesday and worked hard for the past three days, preparing to meet your children next week.

We'll see 7th graders on Monday, and we'll greet our 8th graders for the first time on Tuesday. School starts at 8 am - please help your child be on time! I want to remind you to check out the Back to School page on our website in case you have any questions about the school year.

Students may enter the building starting at 7:35 am. If you drive your child to school, please pay particular attention to the instructions and map below. I always ask drivers to go slowly and follow any instructions from me or any other staff member. While you may feel that our car line goes more slowly than you'd like, student safety is our priority.

Please also note that this Tuesday, September 1, the RJ Grey gym will be the polling location for Acton town voting. There will be more cars on campus, and drop-off can seem a bit irregular, so I thank you in advance for your patience and for following the instructions below.

Have a great weekend!
Jim Marcotte

Morning Drop-Off Instructions

• Our buses enter campus from the entrance nearest Prospect Street. Buses then unload students in our front circle. Cars will not be able to enter our campus via the entrance nearest Prospect Street.
• Families are only permitted to drop off their child in the lower parking lot in front of the Junior High School. Please do not drop off your children in any other parking lot at our school - those are reserved for staff parking. And please refrain from letting your child out of your car on Charter Road and on Mass Ave (Rte 111) - doing so creates a real safety concern for students and drivers. 
• Please enter our campus by using Charter Road, following the red line in the picture below.
• From Charter Road, you will enter our lower parking lot/drop off area at the green star labeled on the map below. Follow the dotted green line and proceed as far forward as you are able. A staff member will let you know when to have your child exit the vehicle. We want to move as many cars as possible into our parking lot in order to lighten traffic on Charter Road. Your child will enter RJG by climbing the stairs from the parking lot - thank you for not immediately stopping at the bottom of the stairs to let your child out of the car if you still have room to pull forward.
• Until 7:50, cars will exit our campus via Charter Road. After 7:50, when the buses have cleared, cars may turn right after leaving our parking lot to then exit the campus nearest Prospect Street.