In my kids school, the junior high and high schools are both in the same building, but separated by section. Last year, the two halves started and ended at different times, but they've changed it this year where everyone starts and ends at the same times. It was a ginormous clusterfuck this morning at drop off, according to the wife. Which is not surprising, since the school is on a 2-lane road, with a turning lane in the middle. Not sure why they didn't anticipate it going so poorly, since that was my first thought when we got the letter about it. I expect just as much nonsense at pickup, hopefully it levels out a bit after the first few days.