FAVORITE SHORTCUT CLOSED FOR STUDENT SAFETY

A driveway used as a shortcut by motorists traveling from Cape Rock Drive to Broadway will be closed to through traffic as a safety precaution for students at Saxony Lutheran High School.

The announcement came Tuesday after being approved by the school's principal and the board at St. Andrew Lutheran Church where the school is housed.

Many people have been accustomed to using the route to avoid traffic lights on Kingshighway, said Jerry Deardorff, school principal. But traffic will be prohibited on the drive from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The drive is situated behind Cheekwood Studios and the church property.

Closing the driveway is a safety precaution for the high school, which has classes in an adjacent building and for a day-care center nearby.

St. Andrew Lutheran Church is the temporary site for Saxony Lutheran High School, the region's first Lutheran high school. The school opened Monday with seven students in a temporary location.