At the start of the school year, Rogers High School implemented a new student parking process. Under the new policy, students selected a numbered parking spot to use for the duration of the school year.
In the first few weeks of school, students purchased parking passes at a table set up during lunch or to stop by the office before or after school. Seniors had priority, followed by juniors and underclassmen.
“I think it’s been going really well so far. I like that we did it by grades and gave students the ability to pick where they are parking, so the buy-in was huge,” said James Rappe, assistant principal.
The student response to the new parking process is mixed. One of the challenges is that many students have been parking in others’ spots, causing disruption for not just them but for their peers.
“I don’t like the new policy because people that don’t have a pass park in my space which is basically wasting my $20,” said Anay Esparza, 12.
If this occurs, students should park in the outside ring in spaces without numbers, and report to the office.
On the other hand, some students said the new process actually saves time.
“It’s so much easier to be able to find your own parking space, rather than spending a good five minutes looking for one, which [wastes] my time and makes me late to class,” said Adaline Flores, 12.
With the impact that this has made we will be continuing this next year and so forth, Rappe said.
“I feel like it’s worth it either way because it lasts throughout the whole year, so I really like this new policy,” Flores said.
