This is a friendly reminder that students in Children's Beginning Ballet and Levels 1 -6 should be picked-up from outside the main entrance to the Oregon Ballet Theatre building after all classes and rehearsals.
On any given day the school can service up to 200 students, and we do not have a reception area to accommodate anywhere near that many people. Because of this, the only way to be fair is to ask all parents to follow the same guidelines. Once we allow one parent to wait/observe from inside our small lobby area, we have to provide this same opportunity for all parents. This just isn't possible.
This policy is also for your student's safety as we need one point of check-out for students and that is with Abby or Shea at the front door. Parents who collect their children inside the building have been tending to bypass checking out with the receptionist, which leaves us not knowing if that child has indeed been picked-up.
Lastly, a word on our no observation policy. We feel very strongly students work and learn best in an environment where parents aren't watching their child and/or their classmates. SOBT provides observation days for parents two weeks per year and additional days in the summer; we encourage all parents to attend these classes.
Thank you in advance for helping us maintain the safest and most ideal learning environment for your children.
Kind regards,
Anthony Jones
School Director
