Transportation Options
Traffic Flow
With the addition to Elizabeth School District transportation picking up Legacy students on their routes, we will need to accommodate those buses in our back carpool. ESD buses will pick up bus riders FIRST and will need to use the back lot without the congestion of carpool vehicles (these students will be dismissed first as well). Please do not pull past the cones in the back carpool as buses will be there waiting. Allow for our carpool & safety staff to direct traffic. Thanks for your patience!
We have elongated our front carpool waiting line to alleviate any idling on Highway 86. This is to ensure safety of our families waiting to pick up students. You will see that those picking up in the front carpool line (families that do not have middle schoolers) will need to enter our athletic field parking lot and split into two lines. At the east end, numbers will be entered before you enter back onto Legacy Circle.
Carpool
As we enter our first week of carpool, we wanted to remind everyone of a few procedures and rules of our carpool lines:
- Please stay in your vehicle. It is imperative for your safety and the safety of your student and our staff that you remain in your vehicle. We will safely help your student(s) from your car. If you would like to exit the vehicle or need to assist with items, car seats, etc., please pull into the visitor lot and do so there.
- Students need to exit and enter the vehicle on the curb side for safety reasons. If this cannot be accomplished, please park in the visitor parking and we will escort them across the crosswalk.
- We do our best to not allow students in the front (north carpool) line to exit or enter on the west side of the crosswalk. We are not always adequately staffed to allow students to enter or exit their cars at that spot. Please wait to be waved down the line and your student will meet you there.
- On that note…please pull all of the way down to the end of the carpool line to allow for other cars to line up behind you for students to drop off and pick up. We have staff eagerly waving you down the line to help assist your student(s).
- Please do not pull out of the carpool line. We have had some near misses with parents who have parked in the parking lot and are pulling through the through lane with parents who have cut out of line. Please be patient. We do our best to keep the line moving as smoothly and safely as possible. Our staff will let you know if you can pull out of the line.
- Please do not cut through the staff parking lot to enter or exit the front carpool line.
- Please be mindful of conversations with the staff working carpool as we would like to keep carpool moving!
- Your carpool number MUST be visible when entering the carpool line. Tinted windows make it hard to read numbers that are either on the top of the windshield, visor or on your dash. If you are missing your carpool number, we will ask you to enter the building and show a form of identification to pick up your student(s).
- Please obey traffic laws and suggestions on Legacy Trail and Legacy Circle. Elbert County Sheriff's department is monitoring the illegal left hand turns into the Legacy parking lot. Keep in mind you can only turn RIGHT into the front parking lot and RIGHT out of the front parking lot. Please, NO RIGHT hand turn onto Legacy Trail from Legacy Circle for the back carpool line. You must turn LEFT onto Legacy Trail to join the back carpool line. You can turn left or right off of Legacy Trail IF the traffic is clear.
Walkers
Students who will walk home will be dismissed at 3:30pm as “walkers”. Parents will need to complete the form below and call the office by 3pm with any changes.
Bus
Bus transportation is offered through Elizabeth School District. Students will be picked up from their closest bus stop and then will transfer to a Legacy Academy bus at Elizabeth Middle School. More information about signing up for bus transportation will be available at Back to School Night. Please visit the ESD Transportation Page by clicking below to review bus rules, FAQs and other bus news.
