Braintree High School Student Pickup Changes Location

BRAINTREE, MA — Parents of Braintree High School students, please be aware that starting Jan. 17, the school is changing where you can drop off and pick up your kids from school.

The school is relocating the drop-off/pick-up location from the front of the student parking lot to the traffic circle in the rear of the building. School officials said the changes should make the process safer and more convenient for students and parents, according to a statement on Facebook.

Below is a summary of the changes that will go into effect on Jan, 17, along with a map detailing those changes:

• All car drop off and pick up will take place in the rear of the building; no drop off or pick up will be allowed in the front parking lot.
• The rear traffic circle will become one way, moving in a counterclockwise direction.
• The newly-built roads from Town Street to the rear circle will open to traffic; each will be one way, similar to the roads that connect the front circle to Town Street.

Please note that the rear circle will still be accessible from Franklin Street via the LeRoy Way access road. Those who use that route for drop-off and pick-up may continue to do so. Student drivers should note that while entrance and exit patterns in the front parking lot will remain unchanged, additional traffic barriers will help mark out exit routes.

"While the Braintree High School administration is excited about the increase in safety and convenience that these changes will bring, we also acknowledge that a change of this significance will require ongoing monitoring," school officials said on Facebook. "To that end, administrators, security personnel, and Braintree police officers will assist in making sure that the first several days of the new pattern go smoothly for all drivers."

Here are a few reminders to help make the new system as simple as possible:

• The rear circle will become a one-way rotary at all times. Travel on the side closest to the rear faculty parking lot will only be toward LeRoy Way and away from Town Street.
• Do not use neighborhood roads, such as Town Street and Glendale Road, as drop off or pick up areas. This slows traffic for everyone, inconveniences neighbors, and can be unsafe.
• Pull all the way forward when dropping off in the rear of the building, so that as many cars as possible can let students out at the same time.
• The school encourages anyone picking up students in the afternoon to do so after 2:15, once all buses leave the school.

Photo by Dan Libon