Greetings,
The first-semester parking lottery is open to rising seniors starting on June 1st, 2022. The lottery will be open until midnight on June 15th, 2022 One entry per student. Multiple entries will be discarded before the lottery is drawn. The entry form for the lottery will be available through Canvas. You must be logged into your Raiders account.
There are only 70 parking spaces available for students.
Only students with a valid driver’s license at the time of the lottery are eligible to apply, with no exceptions! If you do not have a license at the time of the first lottery drawing you can apply for the second-semester drawing. Seniors must have all parking fines paid prior to entering. Students who win a spot will be notified by email so they can make payment. Payments can be made through the PAYMENT PORTAL (LINK). Students cannot sell the spot or sublet it to another student. Only vehicles registered to the winning student’s family are permitted to park in the lot. Students may not drive a friend’s car or permit a friend to use their spot.
Winning students and families will be notified if their names were selected via email. The payment portal will be open from winning students will meet with the Student Supervisors in the Main Office on August 29th and 30th to receive their parking permits and go over the rules and regulations. Students need to bring in a copy of their driver’s license, their vehicle registration, and proof of payment. Proof of payment can be a paper copy of the receipt or on their cell phone.
Please note that students who had a parking spot during the First Semester are not eligible for parking Second Semester.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)
Parking at Wellesley High School is extremely limited. There are only 70 spaces available per semester to Senior Class students. With class sizes averaging over 300 students, and parking only being available to 140 students a year, this means often more than half of a Senior Class will go without on-campus parking.
Second Semester parking expires on the date of graduation.
There is no “Senior Project Parking”. The parking rules and regulations are still in place during that period. Any students without on-campus parking must find alternative parking during Senior Project.
WHERE CAN STUDENTS PARK?
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Only students who have parking permits are allowed to park on campus. Permits are awarded twice during a school year via a lottery. The lottery is open to Senior Class students only. Students without a parking permit must find alternate parking off-campus.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PARKING OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS ON CAMPUS?
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No. Actively enrolled students are not permitted to park on campus unless otherwise authorized to do so.
WHEN IS THE PARKING LOTTERY?
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There are two parking lotteries offered to the Senior Class. The lottery for the first semester of senior year is held during June of their Junior year. Students and families will be notified via email when the lottery is taking place and how to enter. The second-semester lottery takes place in January of their senior year. Students and families will be notified via email when the lottery is taking place and how to enter.
IF A STUDENT WINS A SPOT FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER CAN THEY ENTER THE LOTTERY FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER?
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No. In order to allow as many different students as possible to enter the lottery, a student who won a spot for the first semester is not eligible for the second-semester lottery.
DOES IT COST TO ENTER THE PARKING LOTTERY?
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Entering the lottery is free and open to all Senior Class students. However, students must make sure they have no outstanding parking fees in order to be eligible. All fees must be paid before the lottery begins.
HOW DOES A STUDENT ENTER THE PARKING LOTTERY?
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Students and families will receive an email with instructions for entering the lottery. Students may only enter the lottery once.
HOW DO I KNOW IF MY STUDENT WON A PARKING SPOT?
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Students whose name was chosen in the lottery will be notified via email as to the result. You will not be notified if your name was not chosen.
WHEN DOES PERMIT PARKING BEGIN?
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Permit parking begins on the first day of school and is in effect until the end of the school year. School year parking is broken down by semester into two periods (Fall Parking, and Spring Parking).
CAN A STUDENT PARK IN THE LOT WITHOUT HAVING PAID YET FOR THEIR SPOT?
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All students must have paid for their permit and have met with the Student Supervisors prior to parking in the lot. Any exceptions to this rule must have approval from the Student Supervisors and/or the Assistant Principals.
WHAT IF A STUDENT DOES NOT YET HAVE THEIR DRIVER’S LICENSE, CAN THEY ENTER THE LOTTERY?
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Students must have their driver’s license at the time of the lottery in order to be eligible.
WHAT HAPPENS IF A STUDENT PARKS ON CAMPUS WITHOUT A PERMIT?
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Any unauthorized students parking on campus will receive a $25 parking violation. Parking violations also apply to permit-parkers who do not park in the designated student parking areas.
WHAT ARE THE DESIGNATED STUDENT PARKING AREAS?
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Students who have won a lottery parking spot will be informed of the designated areas when they pick up their permit stickers. Students with permits who park in areas not designated for students may receive a parking violation.
IF PARKING IS SO LIMITED, WHY DO I SOMETIMES SEE QUITE A FEW EMPTY SPACES IN THE PARKING LOT?
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Parking is limited at the High School with no excess spaces available. However, there may be empty spots in the lot depending on the time of day. This is due to staff and students having varied schedules, people out of the building, at lunch, out sick, etc. The amount of student permit parking available varies year by year, and sometimes by semester, based on the number of staff employed in the building.
WHAT IS VISITOR PARKING?
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The school has 11 visitor parking spaces available. These spaces are reserved for anyone visiting the High School. This excludes actively enrolled students. Actively enrolled students who park in these spaces will receive a parking violation.
CAN A STUDENT USE A FRIEND’S CAR IN PLACE OF THEIR OWN?
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No. Only vehicles registered to the winning student’s family may park in the lot. This goes for registering a vehicle at this High School to get the parking sticker, as well as on a day-to-day basis in the lot. Students who won a spot in the lottery are only permitted to register one car with the High School. Any other vehicles that park in the lot must be approved by the Student Supervisors.
