West Warwick Civic Center: A Case Study

For years the West Warwick Civic Center has been where the students of West Warwick High School have always parked. Due to renovations to the Civic Center the students will need to find new parking. The school administration has come up with the alternative to open up thirty spots in the teacher's parking lot for students. The administration is deciding how they will distribute these spots to the students. Students will not be allowed to park on side streets near the school. These spots will be in high demand to the students so the administration needs a fair way to distribute them. Since I am an active student at West Warwick High School I have come up with a decision matrix to pick what I believe will be one of the best alternative to …show more content…
The first alternative is a first come first serve basis. This alternative would be very beneficial to all students who are able to get to school early. With this alternative there would virtually be no cost to the students or the administration. Although these seems like the easiest decision for administration to make I would not recommend this choice. On the matrix this alternative scored a nine. I feel this is unfair to certain students who are unable to get to school early because they have to pick up other students, or are just unable to get to school early for whatever the reason maybe. The second alternative is to give the spots away based on best attendance. Again, much the like the first alternative there will be no cost associated with this alternative. Also, it will be very beneficial to the students who attend school daily. I feel as if this is a very valid option because not only did it score a ten on the matrix, but the students that are coming to school the most should earn the spots for all their hard work. Obviously with illness and such excused absences students should not be held accountable. However, students who do not show up daily because they just simply do not want to do