WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On a clear day, from the Mount Greylock Regional School parking lot, you can just make out the scaffolding surrounding the War Memorial at the summit of the school's namesake.

 

There is no missing the evidence of the two-year construction project under way at the junior-senior high school.

 

Nevertheless, school officials and local law enforcement were on hand Tuesday morning to greet motorists on the first day of school.

 

The authorities wanted to make sure that people parking for the day or dropping off students were aware of the slightly altered traffic flow necessitated by the renovation and addition project at Mount Greylock.

 

Police from both Mount Greylock's member towns were on hand along with state police and a large road work sign, provided by the Berkshire County sheriff's office alerting drivers to the correct route into the parking lot.

 

School officials directed students being dropped off or upperclassmen leaving their own cars to use a pedestrian walkway cordoned off in front of the school and leading to a new entry at the south end.

 

Everything went smoothly with both motorists and pedestrians adjusting well to the new arrangement, Mount Greylock Assistant Principal Jacob Schutz said Tuesday.

 

"It was like a well-oiled machine thanks to our partners in the Massachusetts State Police, Williamstown Police Department, Lanesborough Police Department and sheriff's department," Schutz said. "No incidents ...  very smooth."