Heavy Traffic Expected Near UMd. for HS Graduations
Prince George's County students are preparing for graduation next week, several of whom will receive their diplomas at the Comcast Center.
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Prince George’s County Public School seniors will proudly accept their diplomas next week, several of them in the University of Maryland’s Comcast Center near Paint Branch Drive.
Area residents will want to be aware of heavy traffic due to the ceremonies, running from Tuesday to Friday, according to a message distributed by the UMd. Office of the President.
“Traffic will be heaviest at the Campus Drive/Route One, and Paint Branch Drive/Route 193 intersections. Incoming traffic prior to each ceremony, and departing traffic following each ceremony, will be particularly heavy,” according to the announcement, which was shared on the Riverdale Park listserve TownTalk.
Parking for the commencements will be in surface lots surrounding Comcast Center.
The ceremony schedule for all of PGCPS can be found here. The schedule of ceremonies at the Comcast Center is as follows:
Tuesday, May 29
Suitland High School, 9 a.m.
Eleanor Roosevelt High School, 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 30
Charles Herbert Flowers High School, 9 a.m.
Bowie High School, 1:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 31
Parkdale High School, 9 a.m.
Northwestern High School, 1:30 p.m.
Friday, June 1
Dr. Henry Wise High School, 9 a.m.
Laurel High School, 1:30 p.m.
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University of Maryland, College Park
4321 Hartwick Rd, College Park, MD -
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
7601 Hanover Parkway, Greenbelt, MD -
Bowie High School
15200 Annapolis Rd, Bowie, MD -
Parkdale High School
6001 Good Luck Rd, Riverdale, MD -
Northwestern High School
7000 Adelphi Rd, Hyattsville, MD -
Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School
12650 Brooke Ln, Upper Marlboro, MD
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Laurel High School
8000 Cherry Ln, Laurel, MD
