New Ernest Ward Opens: New Traffic Pattern For Drop Off, Pick Up

February 2, 2015

Now that students have moved into the new Ernest Ward Middle School today in Walnut Hill, there is a new traffic patternt for student drop off and pick up.

Parents will enter the campus at the Highway 99A gate at the old blue gym and take an immediate left into the school parking lot. Parents will continue through the parking lot to the drop off/pick up point at the school’s entrance. Then parents will exit the parking lot, turning left and exiting back onto Highway 99A.

Parents entering or exiting the school building (such as to check out a student) will parking the pictured parking lot and use the door marked with the red arrow.

Editor’s note: This traffic pattern for parents and buses will change once the old Ernest Ward building is demolished.

Pictured: The yellow arrows represent the parent line pick up and drop off at the new Ernest Ward Middle School. The entrance and exit to the school is marked with a  red arrow. NorthEscambia.com graphic, click to enlarge.

Comments

2 Responses to “New Ernest Ward Opens: New Traffic Pattern For Drop Off, Pick Up”

  1. William on February 2nd, 2015 7:59 am

    >>So will the students be crossing into the paths of buses to get to the car rider line?

    Until the old building is demolished and the buses use Hwy 97, yes (and no). No students will be allowed to cross the bus “path” until the buses are all stopped, and any students that remain when the buses pull out will be held back as they move.

    It’s not the perfect scenario, but it’s all they have until work is complete. The school district’s safety experts have gone over and gone over the plan to make sure it will work as well as possible from a safety standpoint.

  2. Concerned parent on February 2nd, 2015 6:32 am

    So will the students be crossing into the paths of buses to get to the car rider line?

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