New Traffic Pattern for K-12 Dismissal for Students Being Picked Up After School

The Town of DeWitt Planning Board has advised Manlius Pebble Hill School that we must route all traffic through our main entrance on Jamesville Road effective Monday, November 18.

To alleviate backups with the additional traffic coming through our main entrance during dismissal, please be advised of the following traffic pattern:

• All PreK-12 parents who are picking up their children at dismissal should turn off of Jamesville Road through our main entrance, similar to morning drop-off, forming two lines.

Prekindergarten:

• PreK parents should arrive no earlier than 2:45 p.m. to allow for bus traffic to enter campus.
• Once on campus, PreK vehicles should take an immediate left into the Center for Early Learning (CEL) parking lot, where they can then park to pick up their PreK child as well as any older siblings (who will be walked by teachers to the CEL at 3:05 p.m.). This pattern remains unchanged.

Lower School:

• Lower School parents should arrive no earlier than 2:45 p.m. to allow for bus traffic to enter campus.
• Lower School vehicles should keep to the right and proceed toward the McNeil entrance beyond the main Phoenix entrance.
• Two lanes may form as you proceed to entrances, allowing Lower School vehicles to continue toward McNeil. Please proceed with caution as students and faculty will be utilizing the crosswalk and Middle and Upper School parents will be picking up students in front of the Phoenix.
• Once LS children are loaded, cars will be asked to proceed with caution past the barn and make their way toward the campus exit onto Jamesville Road.

Middle and Upper School:

• Middle and Upper School parents should arrive no earlier than 2:45 p.m. to allow for bus traffic to enter campus.
• MS and US vehicles should keep to the right and proceed toward the main Phoenix entrance.
• Two lanes may form as you proceed to the entrance, allowing Lower School cars to continue toward McNeil. Please proceed with caution as students and faculty will be utilizing the crosswalk and Lower School parents will be picking up students in front of the McNeil entrance.
• Once MS and US students are loaded, cars will be asked to proceed with caution and make their first left toward the campus exit onto Jamesville Road.

We appreciate your patience and cooperation. Do not hesitate to reach out to your Division Head with questions or feedback.

Thank you,



Amy Abdo, Head of Lower School

Fred Montas, Head of Middle and Upper Schools

Pat Bentley Hoke, Assistant Head of Middle and Upper Schools