The WP Wire continues our quarterly check in on the student parking situation in the new staff lot. All spaces in the lot are reserved for staff. Students are not allowed to park there, and teachers must hold a green faculty pass clearly visible in their car to park there.
On March 25, about an hour after the bell rang, 146 were parked at the staff lot, 93 of those held staff passes, and 53, 36 percent, had no permit, many of them students.
When The Wire staff last counted on Jan. 17, out of 137 parked cars, 54 had no permit, 41 percent. There was a reduction of 5 percentage points with 36 percent of parked cars were without the green parking staff permit, compared to Jan.’s 41 percent.
Some cars parked placed look-alike permits to the faculty FCPS permits, but when further inspected, there was no real permit. Some permits were placed away from visible view, preventing possible ticketers from examining them.
