Changes in the Neuqua Lot
November 24, 2009
Honking, slamming on breaks, speeding up, slowing down, and fighting for the best parking possible are all common occurrences in the city of Chicago and the Neuqua parking lot. The parking lot is a dangerous place for both drivers and pedestrians. Most students know to watch out for the drivers that speed through Neuqua, but just in case the school has put new rules in place to keep the parking lot safe for everyone.
Students who come to school early for either a sport or zero hour Physical Education. have had to deal with some new rules. Students who are caught parking in the staff parking lot will punished with losing a full letter grade, because when they are getting out of P.E., teachers are arriving and have nowhere to park. It becomes a hindrance for teachers, especially since there is an entire lot dedicated to students about ten feet away.
Drivers can no longer drive from the auditorium parking lot to the student parking lot. One must turn right on the auditorium side. The school changed the rules because there have been too many accidents and near accidents at that busy intersection. Also, it would back up and parents and students would have long waits to be able to leave the parking lot.
Safety and efficiency caused the changes. Neuqua administration wants to keep all drivers safe and help people get out of the parking lot on time. They do not want parents to be waiting a long time to pick up their child and then have to wait even longer to be able to get out of the lot.
Rachel Vaca, Opinions Editor
