The school’s reserved parking spots incited excitement among the senior class, eager to start the school year right by painting their parking spots. 118 spaces were sold in the parking lots of  portables, fine arts and Africa.

The idea of reserved parking spots was proposed before, yet the details of the plan were never put together. Furthermore, there were several obstacles to overcome in order to implement the reserved parking spots plan.

“I didn’t want to create more work for our administrative team to police it,” Mr. King said. “This idea has been proposed to me several time, and any time it’s been proposed to me by whoever, I’ve always just said, ‘we’ll draft some details, and I’ll be happy to take a look at it,’ and then it just sort of dies out after that [because] nobody ever comes up with the details.”

Ms. Davis came to Mr. King with a plan, which prompted him to be on board with the idea.

“I thought, ‘You know what, it looks good. I think she’s got a good plan here so let’s just go for it,’” Mr. King said.

Seniors had to submit designs and get them approved in order to start painting their reserved parking spots. Students were responsible for the parking spot, the parking permit and the paint.

“As for painting it, I’m not the most artistic person so I really did something that was less curved, less free-handing,” senior Andrew Gregory said. “We mainly just drew the design on a grid and then figured how far this was from center lines.”

According to the seniors with parking spots, it is much easier to reserve one rather than park in the back of any parking lot.

“I’d say that the value and convenience of it throughout the year is really worth the value,” Gregory said.

On the other hand, some students believed that reserving a parking spot is overpriced and not necessary.

“I’m in zero hour, so every morning I usually get a spot in portables anyways,” senior Addison Newman said. “I didn’t want to pay $200 plus for a parking spot just to get a better spot. I guess if it was cheaper I might have done it, because not only did you have to pay $200, [but] my friend said she spent $250 on paint and everything altogether.”

The PTSA made $11,800 by selling 118 spaces. The proceeds will go back to the seniors in the form of scholarships and the senior luncheon in May that will benefit seniors before they go off to college.

“This is one of the largest fundraisers for PTSA,” Ms. Davis said.

As for the juniors, they will soon have the opportunity to reserve and paint their parking spots for the following year.

“PTSA plans to continue reserved parking as a senior tradition,” Ms. Davis said.  “Hopefully, juniors are creating their designs, scoping out their parking space for next year, and [getting] excited about this senior privilege.”