Read the memo below and answer the questions that follow by choosing the letter of the correct response

Question

MEMORANDUM
TO: Parents of Bowling Green School
FROM: Director of Security
DATE: September 7, 2003
SUBJECT: SECURITY PROCEDURES—ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL
PROCEDURES
It is time, once again, to review certain procedures that must be enforced for the safety of your children.
SECURITY
1. Any person other than students and faculty entering Bowling Green School between the hours of
8:30 A.M. and 3:30 P.M. must report immediately to the Security Monitor at the Reception Desk. She
will take your name and issue you a pass for the office. You must then proceed to the main office. If
you need to go anywhere else in the building, you will be requested to sign in and you will be issued
a hall pass. When your business in the building is finished, you must sign out in the office.
2. Children will be released from school ONLY to their parents or to persons authorized by their
parents on Emergency Cards. Verification may be made by telephone to the parent for confirmation
or by having the child identify the caller. No child will be released to walk home on his or her own
during the school day.
3. In general, an elementary school child will be sent home only with the parent or with another
authorized and reliable adult if the parent is not available. The person picking up the child must:
SIGN THE CHILD OUT OF SCHOOL. THE CHILD MUST IDENTIFY HIM OR HER AS A PARENT OR AUTHORIZED/RELIABLE ADULT TO THE SECRETARY. ONCE THE CHILD HAS MADE THE IDENTIFICATION, THE SECRETARY WILL THEN, AND ONLY THEN, RELEASE THE CHILD TO THE PARENT OR AUTHORIZED/RELIABLE ADULT.
4. In cases of family dispute, a legal order prohibiting any party from visiting with or taking the child
from school will be honored. In any event, the custodial parent will be notified if said request is made.
5. Children will be released for days of religious observance upon request of their parent. A note signed by the parent or guardian must be delivered prior to the day of observation.
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6. Teachers have been instructed not to admit unauthorized visitors to the classroom without a pass
from the office.
7. Students arriving late to school must first check in at the main office and then go to the Nurse’s
Office. They may not go directly to their classroom.
8. PARENTS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO USE THE REAR PARKING LOTS FOR DROP OFF OR PICK UP OF STUDENTS AND MAY NOT ENTER VIA THE CUSTODIAL DOORS

1. What is the purpose of this memo?
a. to alert parents to new safety rules at the Bowling Green School
b. to review security procedures enforced for children’s safety at the school
c. to tell parents how to pick up their children from school
d. to go over with students the procedures for late arrival

2. What must late-arriving students do when they get to school?
a. check in at the main office and then go to the nurse’s office
b. check in at the main office only
c. go to a designated area
d. see the nurse immediately

3. When will the secretary release a child to a person other than a parent?
a. when the child has a note
b. when the child has missed the bus
c. when the child identifies that person as an authorized or reliable adult to the secretary d.
when the parent has called and made previous arrangements

4. No child will be released to walk home on his or her own during the school day.
a. True.
b. False.
c. The memo does not say.

5. If you are not a student or faculty member of the school, where must you go to obtain a pass?
a. the nurse’s office
b. the principal’s office
c. the main office
d. the reception desk

Answer 1

1. b
2. a
3. c
4. a
5. d