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The Flash | Volume 29 Parking Problems

Students of Rocklin High school have struggled with limited parking spots for a long time due to the school’s inability to expand parking, and students are not happy. Much of this crisis comes from the business park across the street from the high school campus declaring there will no longer be any parking for students. If a student fails to comply with this rule, the student’s car will be towed, along with a fine they or their family will have to pay. Sophomore Sophia Dyer sums up the feelings of many students sharing, “It sucks. I sit in my car for 45 minutes before school every morning.”

Many students have to wake up extra early for a decent parking spot on Victory Lane. Juniors Jordyn Villalba and Isabeau Seipler have both said they wake up at the “crack of dawn” for parking spots each morning. “Leaving an hour before school starts to sit in the car is stupid,” said Villalba who hates that students have, “...collectively decided that waking up at the crack of dawn will get you a better parking spot.”

Though they are frustrated, students and administration don’t seem to have any solutions at present. Rocklin’s student population has a high percentage of student drivers - and originally the school parking was designed for far fewer students.

Until a solution is found, many students try to risk parking where they know they can’t and cars are getting towed and fined. Senior Claire Tew asks, “Why should we have to get fined for parking for trying to park close to our class?”

Sophia Dyer calls it a “towing crisis,” and she elaborated saying she “...[doesn’t] see why there is a problem with parking behind CVS, nobody parks behind the store.” Dyer also complained about the cold mornings and how she runs out of gas quicker to keep herself warm, “...I’m cold, tired, and miserable but hey at least I got a parking spot.”

How students have to face limited parking spots on campus

Story and Original Design Inspiration by Maddie Wiebe