Mount Vernon Schools will be conducting a traffic study this spring to look at ways to improve queueing issues in and around the schools during certain times of the day.

The traffic study will cost roughly $10,000 with Hall and Hall engineering and include a traffic count of cars coming in and out of the district.

Superintendent Matt Leeman said they will also make sure the counts happen during what happens at events in Mount Vernon, with the school hosting a home and substate track meet this year during that time frame.

“We realize that our traffic into the district is not working at the moment,” Leeman said.

That was drawn into an issue when there was a medical incident at the high school before spring break. First responders were having a hard time making it to the school because of congestion into the district.

One of the possibilities that might be explored is not allowing parking along Palisades Road near the school during the time before and after school.

There has also been look into a second outlet of traffic for the district.

“We know we don’t have a lot of options that don’t impact Cornell or Mount Vernon,” Leeman said.