Safe Arrival and Departure

All parents must sign children in upon arrival and out upon departure. Each parent shall be assigned a code to access your child's account at the time of enrollment. This code is used to sign in and sign out your child. Parents are asked not to share codes with unauthorized users. CCCDC staff will not receive students before 6:30 a.m. Pick up time is 6:00 p.m. unless stated otherwise.

IF AN INDIVIDUAL OTHER THAN THE PARENT/GUARDIAN IS PICKING UP THE CHILD, THE PARENT MUST NOTIFY ADMINISTRATION AND THE CHIILDS' TEACHER. THE INDIVIDUAL MUST SHOW IDENTIFICATION, SUCH AS DRIVER'S LICENSE, PRIOR TO DEPARTING WITH THE CHILD IF THE STAFF ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE INDIVIDUAL.

To prevent unnecessary accidents, parents are asked to take your child/children directly to their class upon entering the building or to the designated class for students arriving before 7:30 a.m. Students leaving the building must be accompanied by parents or adults from the class to the vehicle. DO NOT ALLOW your child the freedom to run or roam the building, classrooms or hallway. CCCDC will not be held liable for accidents, incidents, or injuries that may occur to children who are not under the care of CCCDC staff. When children are released from the class to parents/guardians, they are no longer under the care of CCCDC staff.

Safety Tips During Arrival and Departure

1. Please turn your car off and take the keys out of the ignition before entering the center in the morning and afternoon.
   
   
2. Please turn off or turn down loud music.
   
   
3. Please drive very slowly when approaching the building or driving under the shelter.
   
   
4. Please do not leave small children unattended. We know it’s convenient not to have to bring in your small ones or infants while you take their older siblings to class or pick them up at the end of the day, but the following can happen:
   
   
   • The child or another child can jump into the driver’s seat and change gears.
   • A lot of times little ones can lock themselves or the parent may lock them in by unintentionally.
   • The child or baby can choke.
   • Someone can abduct your child.
   • Children can climb out of the car and get hit by a moving car or wonder off.
   • Children can go into your purse and open medicine bottles.
   • Heat exhaustion or hypothermia may occur since your car should not be left running.
   • Heads, necks, and arms can get caught in power windows.
   • Children can sometimes lock parents out of the car or parents may accidentally lock themselves out of the car.

Sick Policy: Regulations Concerning Sick Children

According to the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services, Division of Child Development, we are unable to accept at the child care center a child with a diagnosed communicable disease (measles, mumps. chickenpox, etc.) or obvious acute illness. Therefore, please do not send your child to the center when he/she is sick or has signs of possible contagious disease. If your child has a communicable disease, please keep him/her home until the symptoms have subsided and the child feels well enough participate in Center activities.

In order for the staff to administer medication it must be prescribed by a doctor unless it is an over-the counter medication, which can be given only as recommended by the label. Please help us by:

1. Signing and dating a medical consent form, which can be picked up from the class.
   
   
2. Making sure all medication be in the original container and the date, child’s name, Doctor’s name, and the dosage plainly stated is present on prescribed medications.

Motrin, Tempra, and other analgesics of that nature can be given if the child's temperature reaches 101 and if there is a written parental consent on file. If a child has a temperature of 101 degrees or greater, diarrhea, contagious illness, or an injury occurs during the day, the parent or next of kin will be contacted immediately. If there is a serious injury and/or medical problem, the parent and/or the local rescue squad may be contacted for assistance. If the nature of the illness is not life threatening, the director will transport the child to the hospital or local physician. If this action is taken parents/guardians will immediately be contacted.

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