Traffic in and around school zones can create significant hazards for children and teens, as well as crossing guards, school officials, and volunteers. Parents often unknowingly create traffic hazards as they drop off or pick up their children from school. 

To ensure everyone’s safety, be sure to do the following: 

• Please review and always follow your school’s student drop off plan.
•  Drop your child off on the school side of the street, next to the curb. 
• Follow instructions provided by school crossing guards.
•  Slow down and comply with the posted speed limit not only in school zones, but where children are walking or biking along the road.
•  Resist the urge to “drop off and dash.” Pull out slowly and look not only ahead, but alongside and behind your vehicle for pedestrians, bicyclists, cars, and buses. 
• Eliminate all distractions‐‐particularly cell phones and other electronic devices that reduce your ability to react quickly in driving situations involving young children and their spontaneous actions. 
• Teach your child to look all ways before crossing and to cross only in crosswalks or at corners.  
• Make sure that everyone in your vehicle is properly restrained in the appropriate child safety seat or booster seat or seat belt. New Jersey law requires all children under 8 years of age or who weigh less than 80 pounds to ride in a properly installed car or booster seat. All children between 8 and 18 years of age and all adults must wear a seat belt.

Visit Galloway Township Public Schools District Page about“Safe Routes to Our School”  http://www.gtps.k12.nj.us/SRTS/SRTS.htm

is our telephone communications system that dials out to all of our parents/guardians. Since we have started using this system, many calls of importance have been sent home. It is imperative that we have the correct primary phone number for each child (although this number may be your home, cell, or even work number – whichever you prefer).

Click Here to see the Latest Message from School Messenger

In the case of inclement weather that causes schools to close, YOU WILL RECEIVE A PHONE CALL FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT ON EITHER THE NIGHT BEFORE OR THE MORNING THAT SCHOOL IS TO BE CLOSED. The district uses a communications tool called School Messenger that allows us to record one message and send it to every parent and staff members’ home on the day of the closing.

In addition to receiving a phone call, closing information is posted on the district homepage, it is tweeted, and if you call the main phone number (609-748-1250), the main recording will announce the closing as well. 

One-Hour Delayed Opening

Please be advised that in the event of inclement weather the school district may use a one-hour delay. This means that:

- If a student is transported by bus, the student should report
  to the bus stop one hour later than the usual time.
- If a student is driven to school, walks, or rides a bike to
  school, the student should arrive one hour later than the
  usual time.
- Child Care would also be delayed by the same hour.
- The school day would end at the normal time.

You are encouraged to listen fully to any automated message from the school district.

You can also watch the following television stations and/or visit their websites.
Remember, we are listed as “Galloway Township Public Schools“:
 

Channel 3: CLICK HERE for their website…search by name or
                 CLICK HERE for their website and search by District #934
Channel 4: CLICK HERE for their website…search by name
Channel 6: CLICK HERE for their website…search by name
Channel 10: CLICK HERE for their website…search by name
GTV – Channel 2

The following local radio stations also broadcast our closings:
1060 AM (www.kyw1060.com)
1400 AM WOND
1580 AM
107.3 WPUR (Cat Country)
96.9 WFPG
106.3 WKOE