Efforts to resolve traffic issues at Knox Middle School continue. During Monday’s school board meeting, Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart discussed the idea of adding a new parking lot entrance on Main Street. “We’ve been trying to separate car and bus traffic at the middle school,” he explained, “where we could bring in either buses or cars and have them exit right out onto Main Street.”
There’s currently a parking lot adjacent to Main Street but no driveway connecting the two. Reichhart asked board members if they knew why that was.
They said that site was once a playground, and that buses used to pick up and drop off students on Main Street in that area. Reichhart pointed out that’s no longer practical, since buses would be required to activate their stop arms, shutting down traffic on Main Street.
He felt that having a direct exit would solve a few issues. “I don’t know what the cost would be, but it certainly would improve traffic flow,” Reichhart said, “not only for school, but also for game events because then you’ve got that traffic flow where they wouldn’t have to go through residential areas.”
Board members agreed to let Reichhart explore the idea further with city officials.
