Child pick up, especially at the lower levels, is a big concern for school administrators in an effort to keep students safe. School Resource Officer at the Clinton Police Department, Mike Bennett, emphasizes the importance of parents communicating with the schools who can and cannot pick students up from school.

 

 

Officer Bennett says it's never too late to be thinking about who can pick up kids in the event you, as the parent or guardian, cannot pick up the child. He encourages contact with that person that would pick your child up and let the school know.

 

 

For the kids, it is important for them to have updated contact information for parents and their work situation. Officer Bennett encourages parents to sit down and update any contact information in their phones and on their person.

 

 

Officer Bennett reminds parents and guardians to update the school on the status of a child if they will miss school for whatever reason. He says if kids are not in school and no notification is given for their absence, administrators and authorities immediately begin to seek out the student and their whereabouts.