Senior lot… more like senior NOT

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Take a long look, seniors, because this may be one of the last photos you will see of the senior parking lot full of cars and not construction equipment. When the lot will actually be taken up is still unknown, but big changes are coming and students and faculty should be prepared.

Christian Locke, Oracle Editor

Those fortunate enough to have a parking spot in the senior lot may be parting with them soon.
Students are currently lost in the euphoria associated with having a spot in the coveted parking lot, though it comes with its’ drawbacks.
“It’s pretty awesome to have a parking spot, although getting out of the lot after school can be a bear sometimes,” said senior Ethan Brooks.
Though traffic may be jammed, having a space is well worth it, especially when senioritis kicks in and students want to stay cozied up in bed for longer.
“With a spot I’m able to come to school later and still be on time because I have assured parking,” said Brooks.
These seemingly blissful students still do their share of worrying, haunted by the rumors of losing their guaranteed parking with the advent of school renovations. Luckily for students, not even the administration has an exact schedule.
“They gave us a rough renovation schedule, but some parts still have to be bid out,” said Principal Mukai. “The only thing they’ve said is [renovations will start] sometime after January.”
Still, students aren’t sure what they’ll do if the lot disappears. Like most students, Brooks wants to hold on to his spot as long as possible.
“I hope that they’re delayed: it would be rough having to fight for a spot on Rolling again,” said Brooks.
With the added conflict for parking spots along our neighboring highway, administration is finding other methods to get students to school, namely in buses. Finding replacements for faculty spots proves a bigger issue for the school: 28 faculty spots will disappear as a part of the vanishing 290.
“For faculty: we’ll have to get creative,” said Mukai. “[Their new parking] depends on where free space is.”
Those 290 spots, and the practice fields, will become home to 49 trailers, occupied by a variety of classes. What about those friendly, welcoming, metal deathtraps on the tennis courts? They may not stick around long enough to be used by us.
“Design and Construction [the project managers] move trailers as needed, and ours may end up being needed on another site,” said Mukai.
If construction does indeed start in January, to the dismay of students, the project would continue for years on end.
“Construction would last until 2019, and parking would be back by the fall of 2019,” said Mukai.
Until that date, students would have to figure out other places to park or other ways to get to school. For Brooks, he has his solution already in hand.
“I swim in the morning before school, so I would probably end up coming straight to school from practice,” said Brooks.