Arrival / Departure
The Center is open from 7:00 a.m. until 5:45 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please take your child to the classroom and obtain a teacher’s acknowledgement of your arrival. Likewise, when you pick up your child, you should be sure the teacher is aware that the child is leaving. A daily sign-in/sign-out sheet is located in each classroom. Please let us know as early as possible if your child will be either late or absent. A late fee of $2 per minute applies past 5:45 p.m. and will be added to the charges of that week. The person whose name is on file with the C.D.C. must come for the child. The child will be sent home only with persons known by the staff and authorized to come for the child. The names of the individuals who may come for the child must be kept current by the parent(s).
The following procedure is required of the Child Development Center by Tennessee Department of Human Services:
If a parent (or other individual scheduled to pick up a child) arrives at the Child Development Center and shows any sign of a behavior that may place the child at risk, the following procedure will be followed:
- Teacher will immediately ask another C.D.C. staff person to come to her room if she is alone.
- Teacher will call the other parent or emergency contact person and advise him/her to come to the C.D.C.
- If above measure is not possible, the teacher will call police department and advise them of the situation and ask for help.