PARSIPPANY — Parsippany-Troy Hills Public Schools open for the 2018-2019 school year. Students arrived and the bells rang at 7:40 a.m. at Parsippany High School and Parsippany Hills High School for period.
Pictured below is the Peluso Family. Little Robert Peluso is entering Rockaway Meadow Elementary School. His father, Robert Peluso also attended Rockaway Meadow Elementary School.
Grades K-12 are scheduled for 184 school days, which allows for four snow/emergency days. If not used, they will be given as vacation days at the end of the school year. If there are two two emergency closings prior to January 2, the make-up day will be January 21. If there are three emergency closings prior to March 1, the make-up day will be March 18.
If additional days are required, the calendar will be reviewed and days reinstituted during spring break or at the end of the school year. School personnel and students will be expected to attend on contingency days.
| Teachers | Students | |
| September | 19 | 17 |
| October | 23 | 23 |
| November | 18 | 17 |
| December | 15 | 15 |
| January | 22 | 21 |
| February | 19 | 19 |
| March | 21 | 20 |
| April | 17 | 17 |
| May | 22 | 22 |
| June | 14 | 13 |
| Total Days | 190 | 184 |
| Built in snow days | -4 | -4 |
| Total days in school | 186 | 180 |
Safe Driving Tips from AAA
Every fall, over 55 million children across the United States head back to school. With 13 percent of those children typically walking or biking to their classes, AAA warns drivers to be especially vigilant for pedestrians before and after school hours. The afternoon hours are particularly dangerous – over the last decade, nearly one in four child pedestrian fatalities occurred between 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Launched in 1946, AAA’s School’s Open – Drive Carefully awareness campaign was created as a way to help reduce child pedestrian fatalities and injuries. Here are several recommendations from AAA regarding ways drivers can help to keep kids safe:
- Slow down. Speed limits in school zones are reduced for a reason. A pedestrian
struck by a vehicle traveling at 25 mph is nearly two-thirds less likely to be killed compared to a pedestrian struck by a vehicle traveling just 10 mph faster. - Come to a complete stop. Research shows that more than one-third of drivers roll through stop signs in school zones or neighborhoods. Always come to a complete stop, checking carefully for children on sidewalks and in crosswalks before proceeding.
- Eliminate distractions. Research shows that taking your eyes off the road for just two seconds doubles your chances of crashing. And children can be quick, crossing the road unexpectedly or emerging suddenly between two parked cars. Reduce risk by not using your cell phone or eating while driving, for example.
- Reverse responsibly. Every vehicle has blind spots. Check for children on the sidewalk, in the driveway and around your vehicle before slowly backing up. Teach your children to never play in, under or around vehicles.
- Watch for bicycles. Children on bikes are often inexperienced, unsteady and unpredictable. Slow down and allow at least three feet of passing distance between your vehicle and a bicyclist. If your child rides a bicycle to school, require that he or she wear a properly fitted bicycle helmet on every ride. Find videos, expert advice and safety tips at ShareTheRoad.AAA.com.
- Talk to your teen. Car crashes are the leading cause of death for teens in the United States, and nearly one in four fatal crashes involving teen drivers occur during the after-school hours of 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Get evidence-based guidance and tips at TeenDriving.AAA.com
