Dear Front Office Staff:

As a part of the (Name of organization)'s idling reduction program, "It All Adds Up to Cleaner Air," which will be taking place the week of (Program Dates), we will be conducting a research experiment outside your school.

During the course of the program, monitors will be on hand before and after school to record idling times as parents drop off and pick up their children.  The following information explains this process:

• The enclosed research packet contains stopwatches, clipboards, tracking forms and pens. Please store these supplies at your front desk.
• Monitors will arrive approximately 35 minutes prior to the start of school and will check in at the front desk to pick up their supplies.
• Please give each monitor a copy of the "Directions for Monitors" document. Note - You may need to make multiple copies of the directions.
• Monitors will stand near the pick-up/drop-off area and time vehicles until 20 minutes after school starts. They will then return their supplies to the front desk.
• The afternoon monitors will arrive approximately 35 minutes before classes end and will check in at the front desk. They will stand near the pick-up/drop-off area and time vehicles until 30 minutes after school ends. They will then return their supplies to the front desk to be used the next day.
• Please use the enclosed self-addressed envelope to return the completed tracking forms once the program has concluded on (Program End Date).
• The stopwatches and clipboards should be returned to (Name of organization)

If you have any concerns or encounter questions from parents about what the research monitors are doing, please speak with your principal or contact (Program Contact).

Thank you for your support of this program!