Gruening News
TRANSPORTATION UPDATE
In this edition
- Gruening Bus Dates
- Traffic Flow Drop-off/Pick-up
- GMS Family Accommodations
- Front office Closure
- Up-Coming Events
Gruening Bus Dates
The Gruening community is part of cohort 3. What this means for our school start is that there will be NO BUSING PROVIDED until October 3. As of today, the dates that busing service WILL BE provided to Gruening students 1st semester are as follows:
- October 3-20
- December 5-21
*SPED busing is NOT affected
Traffic Flow Drop-off/Pick-up
During Gruening/Cohort 3 bus black out dates traffic flow will be very important! 7th grade families are assigned to use lanes in the front of the school. 8th grade families are to use the bus lanes to drop-off/pick-up at the back of the school. This pattern will be very important to ensure everyone is able to get in and out of the parking lot in a safe and effective manner. Please be vigilant about watching for students crossing at all times and keep speed to 5mph maximum when on campus! There will be a lot of traffic and student safety is our number one priority!
GMS Family Accommodations
We encourage families to network to find alternative transportation/carpool options; however, we understand that a lack of transportation may mean that you need to drop-off your student earlier than normal. Gruening staff are committed to offering as many solutions as possible to help our community at this time. Solutions available are:
- After-school sports starting August 22: Baseball( Aug.25), Cross-country running, Girls basketball. These sports require turning in a middle-school participation form, health-exam form, covid-19 waiver, $110 fee.
- Activities starting August 24 are Frisbee Golf and Homework help. These activities require turning in a middle-school participation form, health-exam form (for Frisbee golf,) covid-19 waiver. There is no fee for these two clubs.
- Extended supervised building hours. Students may be dropped off as early as 7:15 AM.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Front Office Closure
Gruening's front office will not open until 12:00 PM on Monday, August 15. We will be in training, preparing to receive students on Thursday. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Ice Cream social
Drop by from 3-5 PM on Tuesday, August 16th to walk your schedule, find your locker, and have an ice-cream cone! We can't wait to see you!
Back to School Night
Gruening's Back to School night is August 24th from 6:30-8 PM. To help with congestion we ask families with names beginning in A-L to try come at 6:30, and L-Z at 7:15. This is a family event where you can meet your students teachers and tour our school.