Mount Vernon Community School Corporation released a step‑by‑step tutorial in February 2025 outlining car‑rider drop‑off and pickup procedures for the Fortville campus that serves Mount Vernon Intermediate School, Mount Vernon Middle School and Mount Vernon High School. The tutorial provides arrival and dismissal times, lot and curbside layouts, traffic‑flow rules on 200 West, and registration requirements for afternoon pickup.

The procedures matter because they set arrival windows tied to school start times, define pickup verification and batching protocols intended to speed dismissal, and dictate which lots and exits drivers must use for safety and traffic control. The guidance is aimed at guardians who transport students to and from the three buildings on the Fortville campus.

At Mount Vernon Intermediate School (MVIS), the car‑rider line opens at 7:30 a.m. for morning drop‑off. The tutorial describes two lots used for arrival: the East Lot and the North Lot. Cars should not arrive before 7:30 a.m. to avoid disrupting operations. The East Lot will be used first and, at about 8:13 a.m., a school official will release students from the East Lot; MVIS doors open at 8:15 a.m. and the school day officially begins at 8:35 a.m. Students not inside by 8:33 a.m. must report to the front office and will be marked tardy.

For MVIS afternoon pickup, guardians must register in advance through a Google form (link provided in the school newsletter) or at open house; the school assigns each registered student a pickup number that guardians must present to a school official daily. The PM car line opens at 2:45 p.m. Around 3:25 p.m., staff check numbers and relay them to office staff; students are then organized and released in batches. The tutorial specifies that staff will release groups of 12 cars into curbside sidewalk spots, load those students, and then systematically release each batch to exit to the north on 200 West until all students are picked up.

At Mount Vernon Middle School (MVMS), both AM and PM procedures rely on a single access point: the northern entrance of Loop Drive from 200 West. Morning cones hold cars at the intersection of Loop Drive and the adjacent boulevard until about 4 minutes before the school opens (the tutorial notes this will be about 8:21 a.m. on a regular schedule). At 8:21 a.m. staff remove the cone to allow cars to populate the curbside drop‑off; students will enter the building beginning at 8:25 a.m. and must exit curbside onto the sidewalk for safety. The tutorial stresses that cars must pull forward to maximize sidewalk space. Morning dismissal follows the same pattern in reverse: a cone at the intersection is removed at about 3:35 p.m., students are released with a bell at 3:45 p.m., and a traffic officer at the intersection of 200 West and Loop Drive directs exiting cars to turn onto 200 West.

Mount Vernon High School (MVHS) uses a two‑zone lot east of the tennis courts. The drop‑off line opens at 7:30 a.m.; drivers are asked to fill Zone 1 first in three columns, then Zone 2. At 8:15 a.m. a school official releases students from Zone 1; Zone 2 cars may release students curbside once their car is parked and it is past 8:15 a.m. When Zone 1 is clear, staff will systematically release Zone 1 cars onto 200 West; drivers exiting from the high school are instructed to turn right (south) onto 200 West. MVHS also sets a tardy threshold: students not inside by 8:33 a.m. must report to the front office and will be counted tardy; the school day officially begins at 8:35 a.m.

Afternoon procedures at MVHS mirror the morning pattern. The PM pickup line opens at 2:45 p.m.; students are released to the lot at about 3:30 p.m. Zone 1 is loaded and released first; Zone 2 waits for curbside loading near the tennis courts and exits after Zone 1 clears. Staff advise drivers to pull forward to reduce gaps and speed dismissal.

The tutorial addresses vehicles carrying students for multiple buildings: those drivers should use the high school lot. For AM drop‑off, intermediate students walk north via the sidewalk adjacent to the tennis courts, high school students walk south, and middle school students are transported by a shuttle bus from the high school bus lot to the middle school. The tutorial specifies there will not be a shuttle in the afternoon; multi‑student vehicles needing to pick up a middle school student in the PM must enter the middle school West Lot and pick up that student at Door 8 (the West Lot is the lot commonly used to access the swimming pool and field house).

Throughout the tutorial the district emphasizes safety rules: all students must enter and exit vehicles on the curbside, not from the parking‑lot side; drivers must follow staff directions and posted traffic patterns; and pedestrians have the right of way at crosswalks. The guidance also includes repeated reminders not to arrive before the posted line‑opening times to avoid disrupting operations and to register in advance for PM pickup at the intermediate school.

For questions or clarifications, the tutorial instructs guardians to contact their student’s school directly and to complete the posted registration form before relying on PM car‑rider pickup.