FAQs

All absences should be reported to our main office at 860-892-1900 option 1 or via email to MainOffice@idcs.org.  If your child is going to have an extended absence, it is also a good idea to notify your child's homeroom teacher and Executive Director, Mrs. Debby Allard.

Student drop off starts at 7:45 a.m. daily.

Yes, we have multiple options for after school clubs and child care as well as frequent options during school breaks.  Please contact the Extra Curricular Coordinator Ms. Monique Kercado at moniquek@idcs.org for more information.

IDCS is a Community Eligibility Provision School for the 2025-26 school year.  This means that all students receive free breakfast and lunch.

Online via TITAN or by sending your child with a check or cash in an envelope clearly labeled with their full first and last name and homeroom teacher.

Please submit the online application available HERE.

Arrival 7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

• Bus to School
  • Norwich residents who elect bus transportation will be picked up at their designated bus stop in the morning with parochial school students.  All buses will meet at Kelly STEAM Middle School and IDCS students will transfer to 2-3 shuttle buses to travel to IDCS. 
  • Upon arrival at IDCS, students will go to the dining room for breakfast or to the gymnasium to wait for their classroom to open up at 7:45 a.m. 
• Parent Drop Off
  • Drop Off Line
    • Quick & Easy Drop Off is available by using the IDCS drop off line.  Simply follow the traffic down Crown St and into the line that loops in front of the school.  Several staff members are placed along the way to help guide you.  Once you get in front of the school a staff member will open the door for your child, help them out, and shut your door.  **PLEASE BE SURE YOUR CHILD IS READY TO EXIT THE VEHICLE PRIOR GETTING IN LINE**
  • Walking Your Child Into School
    • Park your car in one of the upper IDCS lots
      • Lot 1 is on your left as you drive onto Crown Street.
      • Lot 2 is on your right as you exit Thermos Avenue.
    • Following the crosswalks and sidewalks, you can walk your child all the way down to the school.  
• Students arriving between 7:30 a.m. and 7:45 a.m. will go to the gymnasium or dining room and will head to their classrooms at 7:45 a.m.
• Students arriving at 7:45 a.m. or later will go directly to their classrooms.

• Dismissal 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. (or 12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m. on half days)
  • Buses
    • Dismissed by bus from classrooms to the dismissal lobby.
• Parent Pick Up
  • Park in one of the upper IDCS lots
    • Lot 1 is on your left as you drive onto Crown Street.
    • Lot 2 is on your right as you exit Thermos Avenue.
  • Students in PreK through Grade 3 are dismissed to the gymnasium.
    • Parents should walk down onto the playground and pick up their child/ren from the staff members stationed at the back gymnasium doors.  
    • Students in PreK through Grade 3 can be dismissed to an older sibling only with a note from their parent/s on file.
  • Students in Grade 4 - Grade 8 are dismissed through the IDCS Main Entrances.
    • Students in grades 4 - 8 can meet their parents in a designated spot (top of the crosswalk, 1st lot, 2nd lot, etc.) with a note from their parent/s on file.
• Dismissal changes should be reported to the main office NO LATER THAN 2:15 P.M. ON FULL DAYS AND 11:15 A.M. ON HALF DAYS by calling 860-892-1900 ext. 0 or emailing mainoffice@idcs.org
  • Changes to dismissal made after 2:15 p.m. (or 11:15 a.m. on half days) may not be received in time to notify your child. 

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No.  Our lottery takes place only at the Pre-K level.  Our Pre-K students then fill all of the spots in Kindergarten when they move up.  Anyone that applies after the Pre-K lottery for their child's class, will be placed on the waiting list in order by application date.

Not necessarily.  Siblings are placed at the top of the list in the order that they became a sibling so their odds do increase once they become a sibling of an IDCS student.  However, students are accepted into IDCS only if a spot becomes available.  Spots usually become available from other students moving or choosing a different school option.  A lot of times there is more movement over the Summer.

No.  Entry into IDCS happens either through the Pre-K lottery or via the waiting list by application date.  There are only two designations which will enable movement up on the waiting list.  The first is IDCS sibling status and the second is children of employees who have been at IDCS for 1+ school years.