POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Visitation

Parents are invited and encouraged to visit at any time.  Formal conferences are scheduled twice a year.  Parents who do not attend conferences must submit written notice to the director’s office.

Pick-up Procedure

Advance notice and/or written permission from a custodial parent must be provided if anyone other than a custodial parent is to pick up a child.  Anyone picking a child up at the end of the day must be at least 16 years old and must provide identification.

Holidays

The Center is closed on Thanksgiving Day and the following Friday, Winter Break (from Christmas Eve to just after New Year's Day depending on which day it falls), Martin Luther King Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day and Columbus Day. 

Inclement Weather

In an effort to create consistency during snow emergencies or other inclement weather, our policy is as follows:

(1) If the Federal Government, Montgomery County Schools Administrative Offices, or Montgomery County Government is closed, RSCC is closed.

(2) If Montgomery County Schools are closed but the Administrative offices are open or delayed, RSCC will open at least 2 hours late.*

(3) If Montgomery County Schools open two hours late, RSCC will
open at least 1 hour late.*

*The automatic late policy gives the Center more time to assess the weather conditions and make a final decision as to the opening or closing of school.  

For instances where snow or other inclement weather develops during the day, our policy is as follows:

(1) If the Federal Government, Montgomery County Schools Administrative Offices, or Montgomery County Government closes, RSCC will also close.*

(2) If Montgomery County Schools close early, RSCC will also close early.*

(3) As our pick up times are much later than the schools, RSCC may announce an early closure even if the County schools do not.* 

*We will provide enough notice to allow parents time to get to the Center and pick up their children.  We ask even in those situations where we do not close, that parents try to pick up their children early if they can.  This will allow us to start sending our staff home. 

Please check the website, www.rockspringchildrenscenter.com, or call the school and listen to the inclement weather message for updates before leaving your home and check back frequently if weather or road conditions worsen. 

We are extremely sensitive to the difficulties it can cause families when we have to close the school or open late. However, many of our teachers travel further distances than our families to get to school.   Thus, we try and make sure our closure decisions balance both interests and serve the needs of our families while safeguarding the safety and well-being of all RSCC community members.