Traffic will be rerouted Monday as construction work begins on Whitefish High School.

Beginning Monday, the main parking lot south of the high school will be closed and remain so through the 2013-14 school year.

Site work preparation will begin for a $19 million project includes approximately 77,600 square feet of new construction and 45,900 square feet of renovation.

The high school project is scheduled to be completed by August 2014.

Students will be asked to park on East Fourth Street north of the school and near the baseball fields. Staff will be permitted to park along Pine Avenue.

Staff and visitor parking will be moved to the east side of the school between the school and track. The current main entrance to the building will be closed,  shifting the main entrance to the east side of the school. Visitors will be able to enter the building at the doors between the shop and gymnasium and walk the hallway directly to the main office.

School buses will travel south along Fir Avenue and proceed between the high school and Muldown Elementary, then turn on Seventh Street, where students will be dropped off.

The left-turn lane on Pine Avenue will be eliminated to allow for space for buses as they make a right turn off Seventh Street on to Pine. However, a left turn will still be allowed from Pine to Seventh.

Muldown Elementary parents will continue to be able to drop off and pick up students in the main parking lot in front of the elementary school and have access to an eastern portion of the current high school parking lot.

Cars accessing the current high school lot section will have to enter from the north at East Fourth Street and drive south to enter the lot. From the high school lot south to Seventh Street, traffic will be one way, permitting vehicles to travel south only.