FAQs

Birthday treats or snacks are not permitted due to the severity of food allergies among our students.  We ask that parents consider instead being a guest reader, or providing a book to be read for birthday celebrations.

Parents, please remember to turn off your cells phones upon entering the school.

If there is a change in the way your child will go home after school:

• please either enter the change in PowerSchool before 9 am or email your child's teacher along with kpalella@spfk12.org and slockier@spfk12.org
• Or call the main office during the day with updates requiring dismissal.

If we do not have a note (or have a call on record, the child will go home the way they normally do.

If your home or cell phone, or emergency contacts have changed, please contact the Main Office so that corrections can be made.

Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Homework is used as a tool for reinforcement of the lessons that took place during the school day. In the event of a short absence, a decision will be made if it is relevant to send homework home. It is the Brunner School policy not to give homework in advance for prolonged absences (such as vacation or traveling). We suggest that the student keep a daily journal during their absence that can be shared with
the class upon return to school

Thank you for keeping your children home when there are symptoms of illness and follow these guidelines:

• Please keep your child home until an elevated temperature has returned to normal for at least 24 hours WITHOUT the need for fever-reducing medication.
• Students should be free from diarrhea or vomiting for 24 hours before they return to school.

Children returning too soon often appear in the Nurse's Office as they are unable to function in the classroom, and have exposed others to illness. (is this sentence necessary??)

• Please mark your child's clothing and personal possessions with their name to prevent items from becoming "lost."
• Articles are collected by the main office and stored in the MPR, with the exception of jewelry, eyeglasses, and keys (which remain in the main office????).
• Unclaimed items (unclaimed after ????) will be donated to a local charity.

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Found articles are collected in the main office and stored in IN THE MPR, with the exception of jewelry, eye glasses, and keys. It is suggested that parents mark their their child's clothing and personal possessions with their child's name to help prevent items from becoming "lost."  Items that have not been claimed will be donated to local charity.

Moving Out of District...
Please notify the main office at least one week in advance if you plan to move out of town. A transfer card will be mailed directly to your child's new school on the day after your child's last day at Brunner School. Your child's permanent records will be forwarded when the new school sends a written request.

In order to complete a Student Transfer Card for your child, you will need to provide us with some specific information; i.e., your forwarding address, the name and address of your child's new school, the school's telephone number, the name of the school district, and your child's last day at Brunner School.

Families leaving Brunner School are asked to complete a Student Transfer Verification Form and return it to the Main Office.

There is no curbside drop off area at Brunner School. If there is a parking space available in the front of the building you may use it, however, if no spot is available you must not stop in the parking lot to drop off your child(ren). With buses, parents and children walking, teachers arriving, stopped cars pose a safety hazard for child(ren) as well as others. 

When the LOT FULL sign is in the driveway, you must find parking on the streets near Brunner School.

Parents should obey all NO PARKING and DO NOT ENTER signs on and around school property, including those on Redwood Road, Homestead Terrace, and Westfield Road. With the exception of the parking spaces in front of the school, there is no parking allowed on school property. The parking spaces to the right and left of the school are for staff only.

The school phone number is (908) 889-2148.

• Press 1 to report an absence on the Attendance Line;
• Press 2 for the Main Office;
• Press 3 for the School Nurse.

Call (908) 889-2148, Press Option 1 before 8:30 a.m. whenever their child is absent from school or will be more than 15 minutes late. Calls to this number may be made at any time during the day or night. Please remember to provide a detailed reason as to your child's absence.

Parents can also report a child's absence in PowerSchool.

Please be aware that the playground, blacktop, etc., is closed during school hours.  Following PK dismissal at 11:20 am, please promptly exit school property.

Dismissal schedule on Single Session Days:

Grades K-4 students:  8:25 am (arrival) – 12:40 pm (dismissal/no lunch)

PK AM students:  8:25 am (arrival) – 10:35 am (dismissal)

PK PM students:  10:35 am (arrival) – 12:40 pm (dismissal) 

Mrs. Steinberg’s class/Ms. Graham's class:  8:30 am (arrival) – 12:40 pm (dismissal)
 

The school day begins at 8:25 a.m. for students in Morning Pre-k and Grades K through 4.

• Students should not arrive earlier than 8:20 am.
• During inclement weather, students may enter the building at 8:20 am.

An Afternoon Pre-k student's day begins at 12:20 pm.

• Students should not arrive any earlier than 12:15 pm.
• A parent or designated adult must be with student until all students enter the building and are escorted to their classroom

It is important for our students' safety that they do not arrive on school grounds earlier than 8:20 a.m. when direct supervision by our staff begins. The elementary session for afternoon pre-k students begins at 12:20 p.m. Likewise, it is important for their safety that they arrive on school grounds no earlier than 12:15 p.m., and that a parent (or designated adult) remain with the child until all students are brought into the building and escorted to their classroom. On days when the weather is inclement, students may enter the building at 8:20 a.m. Please plan your child's arrival at school accordingly.