MCLEAN HIGH SCHOOL SECURITY

PARKING POLICY

and INFORMATION

Students can pick up their parking permits. Also note they must provide a valid drivers license at the time they purchase their permit. Location: Security office/cafeteria  

703-714-5831

Security Office

There is a new policy and rules for student parking at McLean High School. This year (2008/09) we have dedicated parking areas for both students and staff; students and staff are no longer parking in the same lots.

 

The major change for students is that parking spaces are no longer reserved, as they have been in past years.

 

The changes in the parking procedure have been made necessary because of increased class sizes, and anticipated increases in student population over the next several years. Before we had our parking lot expanded during renovation, the waiting list for parking permits was typically 70-90 students. This meant that these students were not permitted to park on school grounds, as there were not enough parking spaces available. To avoid this situation, the new parking policy was implemented, modeled after other high schools in Fairfax County that have smaller parking lots but with as many (or more) students that attend McLean High School. By instituting the new procedures, it has enabled the school to sell more parking permits than we have spaces.

 

Parents and students alike have questioned how we can sell more permits than we have spaces. The answer is simple. During the school day, we have many students that travel to other schools during the morning and afternoon. We also have students that leave early for co-op classes (jobs). In past years, one could drive through the parking lots during the day and find many unused spaces.  While these students are attending classes at other schools and leaving for jobs, we can use these spaces in their absence.

 

These are the rules for parking on school grounds:

 

  • All Fairfax County Public School rules governing parking and student conduct apply.

 

  • Students must park in numbered spaces with a white background only.

 

  • The gravel lot is for overflow only. Permission must be obtained from security to park in the gravel lot.

 

  • Leaving school grounds without permission and not checking out with the attendance office will result in a 30 day suspension of your parking permit for the first offense and permanent revocation of you permit with no refund of money for the 2nd offense. Additional discipline may be imposed by school administrators.

 

  • You may not transport other students off school grounds without permission.

 

  • Students may not go to their cars during the school day. If they need to retrieve something from their car, they must first check with the security office.

 

  • Parking in a non-designated parking space will result in a parking ticket being issued.

 

  • Vehicles not displaying a valid parking permit will be ticketed.

 

Students that have received their 3rd unpaid parking ticket will have their vehicle towed at the vehicle owner’s expense.

 

Adherence to these rules is imperative to make the new parking policy work for both students and staff. This year we were able to issue parking permits to every student that applied. Without these new procedures, 38 students would currently be on a waiting list. The security staff monitors the parking lot several times a day, and have reported that we have an average of 65 open spaces throughout the school day.