Oak Park High School - Cambia Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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5 WW f J Barry Road detour creates parking problems t's 7:55 a.m. Five minutes to get in class on time. But there was no where to park. Where could students turn? Where did they turn? Often students turned on to side streets or illegal parking places. Oakies always seem to have parking problems every year. But in 85-86, with the Barry Road detour and more stu- dents driving, the problem was even bigger. I don't think they should have handed out as many parking passes. Then if someone drives, who doesn't have a parking pass, there would be room for everyone, Elaine Earyl, senior, said. The parking lot holds 344 cars. But the school handed out 439 parking passes. If students got caught driving, who did not have passes, they got two warnings and a 48 hour period to contact the attendence office on the reason for driving. If this was not taken care of, the Kansas City police depart- ment handed out S15 tickets. I had to park in the teachers' lot several times because there were not enough pIaces, Karen Steele, senior, said. lf you got to school a little early then you were okay. But about 10 until 8 a.m. then it became a problem, Mary Beall, junior, explained. Parking before school was only half of the problem. Getting out of the lot after school was a bigger problem. Sometimes I didn't think it was worth it to drive, Jamie Walk, junior, said. When people were in a hurry they didn't care who was in their way. ' Some students ran out to their cars right after school was over. That way they could get to their cars and get out of the parking lot faster. You really couldn't get out faster because you had to wait for the school buses, Mary said. lt usually took me 15 minutes to get out of the parking lot, Kelly Forslund, junior, said. But if you could beat the rush, you could get in the car line faster. But would students rather not drive at all? I didn't mind Cdrivingb because I don't like riding the bus, said Mary. lt's easier to just get in your car in the morning and not have to walk to the bus stop and wait. I would rather drive. It Cthe crowded parking lot? didn't bother me, Kelly said. Another problem that driv- ing students had was the con- struction on N.W. Barry Road. The construction involved wid- ening the road. It went on from July, 1985 until July, 1986. I think it took much too long, Mary said. lt took me five minutes longer to get to school because I couldn't go Barry Road and beat the traffic, Kelly said. Some of the students ig- nored the construction and drove on Barry Road anyway. I went on it CBarry Road and there was a pile of rocks in the middle of the road. It was dark and I didn't see the pile. My car got caught on the top of it Cthe pileD, Elaine said. There should have been more signs blocking the road off. Students survived the Barry Road construction and the crowded parking lot, but tickets and time often took a heavy toll. by Michele Tunnell F U fra ..- 'it SPEED LIMIT 1 A I. 5 Speed limits were sometimes ignored as Oakies rushed to leave. Cindy Roth, Lisa Mason, and Bret Smothers, juniors, arrive at school early enough to get a parking spot. fron .Mt L ,W Parking Lot