Drawing Lots: North or South?
Lottery Determines Lot Designations
Student Parking Situation and Lottery
At the close of last school year, there were 70 projected parking spaces for students. Mr. John Tung and Mr. David Vannasdall held an ASB conference over the summer to discuss the uncertain parking situation and how it would impact the students. AHS lost many potential parking spaces to the construction workers’ parking and on-campus housing. In addition, the workers are separated from students for safety reasons—as Mr. Tung declared, “Student safety is the number one priority."
At the moment, there are 147 parking spots—69 in the North parking lot and 78 in the South one. The North lot is located behind the stadium beside the track while the South lot is situated beside the basketball and tennis courts.
There were different pools to determine which students could obtain the coveted parking permits. First, the 133 students [need to confirm: all grades or just seniors?] who applied for a permit during Apache Days with an ASB card were all guaranteed parking spots. 15 students applied either after Apache Days with an ASB card or during Apache Days without the ASB card. After these pools were completed, only 18 spots were left for students without ASB cards who applied after Apache Days.
The parking lottery was held at the rally court after school on Wednesday, Sept. 2. As of right now [this may change later though…], only 121 spots have been claimed and 26 spots are still open. The remaining spots left unclaimed by seniors will be raffled off to anyone else of any grade level who still wishes to buy it. Students were also assigned to the North or South lot from the lottery drawing at the lunch pavilion that same Wednesday after school. Students who attended the raffle drawing could pick a ticket out of a bag that designated them to a particular parking lot. On the other hand, students who were absent had their tickets pulled out by an ASB member. Permits were sold the next two days, Sept. 3-4. By 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, 41 permits were still unclaimed. 15 of these were raffled off to the 15 students at the ASB office that afternoon, leaving 26 unclaimed permits.
Some students speculated that more permits were given than available parking spaces and parking would be based on a first-come, first-serve basis. Mr. Tung clarified that this rumor is not true.
[Insert some positive and negative student comments/thoughts here. Waiting for replies.]
“It seems the parking situation is not as dire as we once expected,” Mr. Tung noted, “The extra 78 spots helped alleviate the situation dramatically.” All in all, it has been a rather smooth transition despite the construction complications. Mr. Tung expects that the parking situation will change during second semester when more students will get their driver’s licenses and want a parking permit as well.
However, he maintains an optimistic outlook: “I want to thank the students for being so understanding to the challenges posed by construction and hope to work together to face upcoming other obstacles.”
NOTE: Help. How can I make this article more enticing? Suggestions?
Lottery Determines Lot Designations
Student Parking Situation and Lottery
At the close of last school year, there were 70 projected parking spaces for students. Mr. John Tung and Mr. David Vannasdall held an ASB conference over the summer to discuss the uncertain parking situation and how it would impact the students. AHS lost many potential parking spaces to the construction workers’ parking and on-campus housing. In addition, the workers are separated from students for safety reasons—as Mr. Tung declared, “Student safety is the number one priority."
At the moment, there are 147 parking spots—69 in the North parking lot and 78 in the South one. The North lot is located behind the stadium beside the track while the South lot is situated beside the basketball and tennis courts.
There were different pools to determine which students could obtain the coveted parking permits. First, the 133 students [need to confirm: all grades or just seniors?] who applied for a permit during Apache Days with an ASB card were all guaranteed parking spots. 15 students applied either after Apache Days with an ASB card or during Apache Days without the ASB card. After these pools were completed, only 18 spots were left for students without ASB cards who applied after Apache Days.
The parking lottery was held at the rally court after school on Wednesday, Sept. 2. As of right now [this may change later though…], only 121 spots have been claimed and 26 spots are still open. The remaining spots left unclaimed by seniors will be raffled off to anyone else of any grade level who still wishes to buy it. Students were also assigned to the North or South lot from the lottery drawing at the lunch pavilion that same Wednesday after school. Students who attended the raffle drawing could pick a ticket out of a bag that designated them to a particular parking lot. On the other hand, students who were absent had their tickets pulled out by an ASB member. Permits were sold the next two days, Sept. 3-4. By 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, 41 permits were still unclaimed. 15 of these were raffled off to the 15 students at the ASB office that afternoon, leaving 26 unclaimed permits.
Some students speculated that more permits were given than available parking spaces and parking would be based on a first-come, first-serve basis. Mr. Tung clarified that this rumor is not true.
[Insert some positive and negative student comments/thoughts here. Waiting for replies.]
“It seems the parking situation is not as dire as we once expected,” Mr. Tung noted, “The extra 78 spots helped alleviate the situation dramatically.” All in all, it has been a rather smooth transition despite the construction complications. Mr. Tung expects that the parking situation will change during second semester when more students will get their driver’s licenses and want a parking permit as well.
However, he maintains an optimistic outlook: “I want to thank the students for being so understanding to the challenges posed by construction and hope to work together to face upcoming other obstacles.”
NOTE: Help. How can I make this article more enticing? Suggestions?