Poplin Elementary School

Shanda Lauri, Principal

    School Updates

    • Sunday, August 31, 2025:

      A message from POPLIN ELEMENTARY:

      Good Evening Poplin Families, this is your principal, Shanda Lauri with this week’s reminders. We had a terrific start this week. We will have no school tomorrow for the Labor Day holiday.  Parents thank you for getting your students to school on time. The new car rider line procedures have been running smoothly. We get about 300 families through our car rider line and have finished before the 7:30 bell. Parents, you did a wonderful job this week, keep it up!  Kindergarten starts Tuesday which will make the car rider line a little longer. Thank you for your patience as all of our students are learning our processes and procedures to keep everyone safe. Remember if you have a change in transportation send in a note. We cannot have verbal changes over the phone. Teachers follow regular transportation unless a note is provided. 

       

      As a reminder we are not having parents inside the building because of Safety. We have put processes in place to keep all of our students safe while they are here at Poplin. If your student is a car rider, please stay in the line and drop off your student. We have adults in the line to walk students in the building. Again for the safety of all please do not park and walk your student. 

      Thank you for your understanding and following the procedures in place. 

      This year when students are out sick for any reason they will have an opportunity to make up any work missed when they return. At this time we will not be sending Chromebooks home with our 3-5 students. Chromebooks are a tool students use in class teachers will send home if needed for assignments. The annual tech fee is for insurance coverage and upkeep. The ‘Opt Out’ letter is if you do not allow your student to use a computer at all. Please reach out if you have any questions. 

      If you haven’t joined our PTO please do, they work hard to provide experiences and resources for all of our students and staff. Mark your calendar, Friday, September 12th PTO will be sponsoring our annual Back to School Bash. Please drop by from 6:00-8:00 in the back of the school. There will be concessions, vendors, and a ton of games. Join us, it's going to be a blast! 

      We appreciate you and your continued support with our students' success. Have a great evening!
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    • Weekly Update - August 23, 2025

      A message from POPLIN ELEMENTARY

      Good afternoon Parents, this is your Principal Shanda Lauri with some important information.  With the first day of school quickly approaching we are reaching out to update you on a few changes to our morning car rider process, tardy policy, and nutrition update. This is a lot of information so please listen and take note. We are requesting your assistance to make the morning car rider line run safely for all of our students and staff. Please read the email in its entirety. Share with others as they may not have received this message.

      Transportation: 

      Arrival Procedures:

      • Poplin opens its doors at 7:00 each morning.
      • Please do not drop students off prior to 7:00 as there is no supervision.
      • Our tardy bell rings at 7:30 am. 
        • CHANGE:
          • ANY student not inside the building at 7:30 will be counted as tardy.
          • A parent will need to walk them inside the building and sign them in the front office.
          • Do NOT let your child(ren) get out of the car to run/quickly walk into the building. This is not safe with cars still moving through the line. 
          • When the school bell rings if your child(ren) is not inside the building they will be marked tardy. 
      • Please plan your morning routine to get into the morning car rider line as early as possible to ensure that your child(ren) are able to enter the building by 7:25 to ensure they are not tardy.

      Daily Transportation Changes:

      • If your child’s transportation changes, a note from the parent/guardian must be sent in writing to your child’s teacher noting the date(s) of the change.
      • Due to safety, phone calls are not accepted.
      • Due to our afternoon transportation procedures, students may not be checked out for early dismissal after 1:30 pm.

      Car Riders (AM):

      Arrival:

      If you choose to drop your child off each day this will designate them a “car-rider” in the morning, all parents must utilize the car-rider line.

      • CHANGE:
        •  Our car-line will utilize two lanes to ensure cars are off the main road and  not backing up traffic. If you are here early, pull to the cones in both lanes directly in front of the building.
        • Do not release your student from the car until you are signaled. It is imperative that you follow and adhere to the traffic director and staff’s signals. The traffic director is in control of driving directions for your safety and all others. There will be police present as well as cameras. Follow all traffic signals. You cannot turn RIGHT into the school until the traffic director signals you. 
      • CHANGE:
        • This year we will have car riders continue 2 lanes of traffic all the way through to the front. Follow the staff’s directions. School staff will facilitate traffic.
        • You will stop and release the student on the right side of the car. School Staff will then walk to the middle of the two lanes to make sure all students are out safely then staff will direct each lane separately starting with the outside lane. The outside lane will merge over following traffic through the bus lot and exit. The inside lane will follow behind. 
      • Parking and walking your child across the parking lot to the building to avoid the car-rider line is not permitted!
      • Please be patient as we work through this change for morning drop-off. We will do this in an orderly fashion and appreciate your patience as we ensure that all of our Patriots are safe and secure.

      Nutrition: Last year the DIstrict was in over a $300,000 deficit. There is a new Board Policy 8-04 that states if a student owes more than a week’s worth of lunches then they will get an alternative lunch (sandwich, fruit, milk) until the debt is paid. 

      • Go to PaySchool Central - REGISTER  https://www.payschoolscentral.com/ 
      • You can put money and pay your student’s account.
      • You can apply for Free/Reduced Lunch.
      • You can get notifications when your student balance is too high.
      • You can put notes to cafeteria for student’s accounts (i.e. Snacks only on Friday).
      • We want to avoid students getting an alternative lunch so please keep up with payments and/or students bringing their lunch.
      • Sometimes parents don’t realize their students are using the money in their account for ‘snacks’. They may get 1,2,3 snacks in one day. Set a snack limit.  Talk to your student/teacher about what they can purchase. Write a note to let the cafeteria know how many snacks if any can be purchased. 
      • If you had a balance it should transfer over.
      • If you owe money from the previous year it will be attached to your students account in Infinite Campus and needs to be paid.

      You can email me if you have any questions. shanda.lauri@ucps.k12.nc.us We are looking forward to a great year!

      Principal

      Shanda Lauri
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    • Beginning this school year, #UCPS will begin using PaySchools Central for school meal payments. The district will no longer use K-12 Payment Center. Balances from K-12 Payment Center will transfer to the new system. Parents should create an account and will need their child's Infinite Campus student ID number.
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    • Peachjar Digital Flyers: We have a new electronic flyer communication tool called Peachjar. View school-approved digital flyers.

       
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