ILLNESS

ESP cannot provide for sick children.  Please do not send your ill child to the program.  We are concerned for the health and welfare of each child and staff member.  If a child becomes ill at the program, a parent or legal guardian is required to pick up the child as soon as possible after being notified by the site director.

An adult, guardian or authorized person at least 16 years of age must sign each child in and out of the ESP Program.  Failure to sign in or out may result in the termination of ESP services.  The person must write down their child's arrival and departure time on the sign-in/sign-out form.  A parent, guardian or other authorized person must accompany the child to and from the ESP site.  The ESP staff cannot accept the responsibility for children left at the door who have not been signed in by a responsible person.

The closing time of all ESP facilities is 6:00pm.  Should a child be picked up after closing time, the responsible person will be assessed a penalty of $5.00 per child at 6:05pm.  There will be an additional $5.00 charge per child for every 15 minute period or portion thereof the responsible person is late.  If not paid at the time of pickup, the late fee will be added to the following week's fees.

After 6:00pm, if a responsible person has made no contact with the ESP site director, a telephone call will be made to persons on the child's emergency contact list to arrange a pickup.  If no one is available on the child's emergency list by 7:00pm, local police will be contacted and the child/children will be placed in protective custody until a parent can be located.  Failure to regularly pick up a child by 6:00pm is grounds for dismissal from the ESP program.

The only persons allowed to pick up a child are those listed on the child's authorization form.  The staff retains the right to request proper photo identification from a person requesting to pick up a child and may refuse to release a child to a person not listed on the child's authorization form.  If someone other than a listed parent, guardian or responsible person is to pick up a child, then a signed note must be sent to the site director and the responsible person must be indicated on the sign-in/sign-out form for the child on that day.