The safe arrival of the students is the foremost concern for everyone at Munsey Park Elementary School. In order to provide a more fluid and safe environment for students at the beginning of the school day, the SCA and administration teamed up to formulate new arrival procedures. They have collaborated on and introduced a redesigned procedure to help streamline morning drop-off. The ultimate goal of this procedure was to help speed up drop-off and increase the level of safety at Munsey Park.

Beginning in early November, orange cones have been positioned to allow cars to pull directly in front of the auditorium to discharge students. An attendant inside directs students to the gym or their class line beginning at 8:30 a.m. To avoid confusion, school personnel and SCA volunteers were on hand at key locations to answer questions or redirect traffic.

To increase security, parents are no longer permitted in the building before the morning bell. For those parents whose children are late and must get a pass, or if you have field trip duty, a classroom party or have another sanctioned reason to be in the building, the main entrance off Hunt Lane is accessible after 9 a.m. This was implemented for two reasons: to help avoid confusion, as school monitors will not have to sort out whether adults have appropriate permission to be in the building; and it serves as another component to improving traffic flow, as parents stay in their cars and facilitate the flow of traffic.

For walkers, Munsey Park officials have directed students to enter school property via the walkway off Hunt Lane that leads to the main entrance, proceed left and follow the walkway to the new auditorium entrance. A staff member is present to meet walkers.

"Many parents drive their children to school and this was causing congestion," stated Dr. Jean Kendall, principal. "With Mimi Donohue, our SCA president and several parent volunteers, we now have a solution that provides our students and parents with a safer start to the day. I appreciate all the work the members of the SCA and our school staff have done to coordinate this new procedure."