I wonder if its a capacity issue? Is the parking lot restricted to upperclassmen? If they limit parking, paying to park will at least pay for managing the lot and managing the student access. Even the stickers cost something.
Paying for parking
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Something I should probably clarify, it is not actually about the amount of money for me, it’s about the fee itself. I’m not a frugal person by nature. Like I said, it just irked me a little bit. We pay high taxes in my town because of the good school district that we live in. And we do it by choice. In fact, we live in a more modest home than we can actually afford solely so that our kids can attend betters schools. The high taxes don’t bother me, but the $40 for parking makes me wanna rip my eyes out. It’s like going to a really nice steak restaurant, and them wanting charge you a separate fee for using a steak knife.
Don't forget the "I" word...insurance. Could bumps in premium be linked to capacity (50 cars=$X, 100 cars=$Y)?
Does parking lot belong to the college? If it's not their property then they cannot setup rules and esp the fees. If it's college property and they are allowed to set such rules and fees then it's fair game. And, imho, $40/year is nothing; if someone parks there 100 times/days a year that's only 40c a day.
You could always do like this family did:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/05/05/teens-school-parking-space-has-180000-home-attached/
It's behind a paywall, but if I remember right from 27 years ago, the gist of the story was that the high school had extremely limited parking so the father did what any good wealthy Barrington IL father would do - he bought a house right across the street from the school so the kid could park there during the day. Soon the kid was letting all his friends park there too and the neighbors complained because the place was starting to resemble a parking lot. I don't remember how the story was resolved.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/05/05/teens-school-parking-space-has-180000-home-attached/
It's behind a paywall, but if I remember right from 27 years ago, the gist of the story was that the high school had extremely limited parking so the father did what any good wealthy Barrington IL father would do - he bought a house right across the street from the school so the kid could park there during the day. Soon the kid was letting all his friends park there too and the neighbors complained because the place was starting to resemble a parking lot. I don't remember how the story was resolved.
Actually, that's a very good point.
This is the situation we are in. We were zoned for the bus and then they pushed the limits of the zone out a few years ago and we are no longer part of the bus route. This was due to district funding cuts.
Charging for a parking pass is an easy way to manage a limited resource. What if your son drove to school and the parking lot was full? Where would he park? Excused absence? Even if he could park at Walmart and walk a mile to school he would be late.
brother, you can't let $40 eat you up like this. The options as I see it are walk or pay the fee. I understand principle, I get it isn't right etc, but is this really worth the sweat equity you put into this? There has to be something in your life that needs more attention than a $40 parking pass.
Sorry, but this is my take on the situation.
It’s the public high school, the local community college is not associated with it in anyway
If I don’t save this money, where will I get my clearance oil/filter hoarding funds, huh? My priorities are perfectly aligned, thank you kindly, sir.
Geez. I don’t have that kind of bread. This should go in the how much money would you need to feel wealthy thread maybe? If I can buy a house just to prove a point and have a place to park.
Get your kid to carry 3-4 passengers to school with him AND CHARGE THEM!
This would 100% work and be a viable business plan. Except per Texas under 18 yrs old its a previsionary license only. Which means that it has restrictions, one of which is only one passenger allowed in the vehicle.
Not unusual at all in my experience. I went to high school in a St. Louis suburb between 1982-86. Parking in the school's lot was in the neighborhood of $75.00 for the school year, with all funds going to support school athletics and activities. Parking spaces were finite; the options were to park in the adjacent subdivision and hoof about half a mile or take your bike or the bus. I primarily did the latter as there was no way my folks were shelling out the money...and neither was I.
As I recall, the parking passes sold out during class registration, which was about a week before the start of school.
As I recall, the parking passes sold out during class registration, which was about a week before the start of school.
If parking is a resource the demand for which exceeds the supply, then to charge for it seems like a rational way of allocating the resource.
Most public high schools have charged for parking passes forever, or at least as far back as when I was in high school and that was in the early seventies.
Most public high schools have charged for parking passes forever, or at least as far back as when I was in high school and that was in the early seventies.
"Parking is a privilege, not a right. ", per our local school district website.
But to your point - school is a right per the gubmint. Oxymoron? Yes - nothing about public school administration makes sense.
Having said that schools literally have zero extra dollars for anything, so the $20 is likely to cover the actual pass itself and so on. I think when my kids went it was around $20. They did not get an assigned space but there were plenty available.
But to your point - school is a right per the gubmint. Oxymoron? Yes - nothing about public school administration makes sense.
Having said that schools literally have zero extra dollars for anything, so the $20 is likely to cover the actual pass itself and so on. I think when my kids went it was around $20. They did not get an assigned space but there were plenty available.
