News has spread throughout the school that his year there will be no more junior or senior lot due to the amount of arguing last year over students parking in the wrong lot due to scarcity of parking spots for juniors, seniors, and teachers. Thus, this year Mr. Hills and Dr. Noonan have been working closely to determine what the best plan is so that teachers and students may park their car.
Last year there were the unused trailers located near Leesburg pike and Route 7, which took away a few parking spots from the nine to eleven teachers that parked back there and students that parked in the junior lot. The classrooms that were taught in the trailers and were some of the classes that partnered with The Northern Virginia Center were moved …show more content…
Noonan, Council, City managers, and other school representatives have been working on the modification and referendum for GMHS. The new building plans recommend under 100 parking spots for students, so Mr. Hills and Dr. Noonan are trying to come up with a solution for students and teachers to have parking …show more content…
Thus, they began to execute their plan by first selling out parking spots to seniors after sending out a letter on August 21st. Once a certain amount of parking spots were sold, the juniors then got a turn. However, there are not enough parking spots left for all the juniors.
“I am a firm believer that seniors should get precedence over junior's,” Mr. Hills said.
Thus, it was decided that a lottery to win a parking spot would be held for all juniors that wanted a chance to buy a parking spot. Mr. Hills thought it was not fair to have the first come, first serve rule for juniors, since every junior deserves a chance to get a spot. The lottery will close on September 15 and 50 percent of those who apply will get a spot. However, the scarcity of parking spots is still a problem.
“We are really trying to encourage students to walk and bike, but we also recognize that we have athletes that need a car. So we are trying to come up with a balance,” Mr. Hills
Last year there were the unused trailers located near Leesburg pike and Route 7, which took away a few parking spots from the nine to eleven teachers that parked back there and students that parked in the junior lot. The classrooms that were taught in the trailers and were some of the classes that partnered with The Northern Virginia Center were moved …show more content…
Noonan, Council, City managers, and other school representatives have been working on the modification and referendum for GMHS. The new building plans recommend under 100 parking spots for students, so Mr. Hills and Dr. Noonan are trying to come up with a solution for students and teachers to have parking …show more content…
Thus, they began to execute their plan by first selling out parking spots to seniors after sending out a letter on August 21st. Once a certain amount of parking spots were sold, the juniors then got a turn. However, there are not enough parking spots left for all the juniors.
“I am a firm believer that seniors should get precedence over junior's,” Mr. Hills said.
Thus, it was decided that a lottery to win a parking spot would be held for all juniors that wanted a chance to buy a parking spot. Mr. Hills thought it was not fair to have the first come, first serve rule for juniors, since every junior deserves a chance to get a spot. The lottery will close on September 15 and 50 percent of those who apply will get a spot. However, the scarcity of parking spots is still a problem.
“We are really trying to encourage students to walk and bike, but we also recognize that we have athletes that need a car. So we are trying to come up with a balance,” Mr. Hills