Emergency Pickup Contact
The center, due to state licensing requirements, must have at least one emergency pickup contact which is not a parent or guardian on file in the event the child’s parents are unavailable to pick up their child. The Emergency pickup contacts should be someone who can pick up the child within an hour when needed.
Arrival Time
The center encourages children to arrive before 9 a.m. This is to ensure that children have time to make an easy transition to the group. Children who arrive after this time frequently have a more difficult time participating in morning activities and settling in for nap time after lunch. On those rare occasions when you cannot avoid arriving after 9 a.m., please call the center to notify your child’s teacher that you are on the way.
Checking Out and Picking Up
The center closes at 4:30 p.m. with extended After School hours till 5:30 p.m. during the Fall and Spring sessions following the University’s Academic calendar. Please remember to sign your child out using the electronic system. All children should be picked up by the center’s closing time every day. If for some reason you will not arrive by closing time to pick up your child, please call the center to let the staff know you are running late. We cannot accommodate schedules that require childcare past our closing times. Emergencies should be the exception rather than the rule.
A late fee will be applied to any child picked up after the center’s closing time. The late fee will be $2.00 per minute per child for the first 10 minutes, and $5.00 per minute after that. Late fees are billed immediately and are due upon receipt.
Parking & Security
It is best to use the angled parking area on Plum Street. Please do your best not to block driveways and service alleys, and to keep the sidewalks clear. If you have an extended conversation or after-class visit scheduled, please try to schedule them during non-peak parking periods, or park your vehicle somewhere other than Plum Street. After accepting your child for enrollment, each family will be asked to select a personal sign-in code which will allow you to enter the Broadway Street and Plum Street buildings. Your code will be activated your child's first day at Newcomb Children's Center and will be deactivated after your child's last day. Only authorized people should have the code, so it is important to keep it confidential. Please do not allow unknown people to follow you into the building.
Authorized Pick-Up
The center will keep on file a copy of the names of the people you have authorized to pick up your child. This list should be kept current and should include at least one person who is not the child’s parents and should only include the names of the people you want to have access to your child.
If for some reason someone other than the persons on your child’s Authorized Pick-Up Form will be picking up the child, you must notify us in writing no later than that day’s morning drop off. Individuals the staff do not recognize must provide a valid identification before the center allows the child to leave.
Please keep in mind that the person signing your child out becomes legally responsible for them. In addition, we will not release children to minors (i.e., individuals under the age of 18 years old). Furthermore, for safety reasons we cannot allow children to run in the hallway, or to play outside on the playground equipment, unless staff members are present.
Newcomb Children’s Center’s first obligation is the safety of children. Teachers or other center employees are instructed not to release a child to an adult who they believe is intoxicated with alcohol or other substances. Staff will detain any person picking up a child who they believe may be too impaired to safely transport and /or care for that child. Staff will then locate one of the emergency contacts provided by the parent. If an angry or hostile situation occurs, we reserve the right to contact Tulane University Public Safety so that the safety of the child and staff is ensured. We also reserve the right to contact Child Protective Services, if necessary. Indication of intoxication include the following:
- Difficulty with fine motor skills
- Balance and coordination difficulties
- Loud Speech
- Boasting
- Stumbling
- Crude behavior
- Speaking incoherently
- Slow verbal response
- Bloodshot eyes
- Flushed face
- Alcohol smell from their breath
