MVHS and MVMS Drop Off/Pick Up

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Below is information on how to navigate student Drop Off and Pick Up of students at MVHS and MVMS. With nearly 1600 students on our campus, which also shares an entrance with the career center, there is a lot of vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Please help us to keep our students safe by carefully reading and following the guidelines listed below.

In February of 2024, the City of Mount Vernon, in collaboration with Mount Vernon City Schools, the Knox County Career Center, and the Ohio Department of Transportation, extended the school safety zone on Martinsburg Road. The enforceable school speed zone extends 300 feet south of the school property line along Martinsburg Road or just below Parrott Street on the south. It also reaches 150 feet north of the crosswalk at Pine Street on the north. During school hours, the speed limit is set at 20 mph.

We will continue to utilize the upper parking lot for morning BUS drop off. Parents please refrain from dropping off in the upper BUS parking loop. We will continue utilizing the outside loop between the HS/MS for student /parent drop off. All drop offs should be CURBSIDE.

• High School Parents will drop off CURBSIDE along the main entrance of the High School. Once your child is dropped off you can, with caution and safety, work your way to the left hand exit lane.

Middle School Parents will drop off CURBSIDE along the cafeteria side of the Middle School. IMPORTANT REMINDER: Middle School parents your drop off will not be at the corner by the library now that the outer loop is open. Please pull up to the cafeteria side for drop off.

EXITING procedures. The ONE WAY outer loop will exit onto Yellow Jacket Drive. There will be two exit lanes (Left Lane -LEFT ; Right lane -RIGHT). Please use caution and safety when moving into your respective exit lane.

PM Parent Pickup

Parents can pick up their students "up top" by the art room doors or down front in the inner loop. To avoid bus traffic, it is recommended that you pick up "up top". See the picture below to see the "up-top" location.

If you are picking up down front in the inner loop, please know that the busses are the only vehicles allowed to park in the outer loop. When exiting the parking lot all vehicles will exit onto the outer loop on the MS side adjacent to Yellow Jacket Drive. When buses begin moving all traffic will be stopped until all buses have exited.

- Traffic in front of the middle school is stopped around 2:41 each day to dismiss the buses.

- Stop if there are pedestrians in a crosswalk.

- Yellow Jack Drive is a school zone, the speed limit is 20mph.

Please slow down and Be safe!

Principal - Mount Vernon Middle School

Email: dprince@mvcsd.us
Website: http://www.mvcsd.us/mountvernonmiddleschool_home.aspx
Location: 302 Yellow Jacket Drive, Mount Vernon, OH, USA
Phone: 740-392-6867
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mount-Vernon-Middle-School-1428107840766187/
Twitter: @MVMiddle