Parking is a privilege, not a right.

Since transportation is provided for ACHS students, student parking is a privilege granted by the school administration. The following acknowledgement serves to document that both parent(s) and student have read, understand and agree to abide by all Ashe County High School’s rules and guidelines as detailed in the Ashe County Parking Policy. Infractions of these rules will result in the loss of parking privileges for a set amount of time determined by administration. Additional consequences may be invoked by an administrator if deemed appropriate.

When any vehicle other than the one listed on the application is driven to school, the student must move the window sticker to the current vehicle being used and notify the office. Vehicles not properly registered or vehicles parked anywhere other than the designated student parking areas will result in a $20 ticket. Replacement stickers will be available for $10 in the event you lose your permit.

REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN AN ASHE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL PARKING PERMIT:

• Copy of NC Driver’s License (to be uploaded)

• Copy of Vehicle Registration Card for the car the student will be driving (to be uploaded)

• Copy of a valid proof of insurance (to be uploaded)

• Students w/ a minimum Weighted Cumulative GPA of 2.0 (must be maintained throughout the school year.) – Will be verified by a school official.  Exceptions will be made for Fall of 2023.

• No existing financial obligations to the school or fines

• $50 24-25 parking pass fee must be paid (*Pending BOE Approval in August 2024)

• Signed parking policy

 Approved Student Parking Locations:

Students will be assigned a numbered parking space for the entire school year.  You are only authorized to park in that assigned space or risk of being ticketed and or lose your parking privileges.  If another vehicle is parked in your assigned space upon arrival at school, please report this to administration or the SRO immediately.

Placement and Display of Parking Permit:

Parking spots will be assigned.  Parking permits will be affixed to the drivers side of the rear windshield where it will be visible to administrators and security officers.

ASHE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL – PARKING POLICY

• When any vehicle other than the one listed on the application is driven to school, the student must move the window sticker to the current vehicle being used and notify the office.

• Leaving campus or visiting your car (during school hours) without proper authorization may result in suspension/loss of parking privileges.

• Student Code of Conduct infractions may result in parking restrictions.

• Students falling below the mandated Cumulative Weighted GPA minimum of 2.0 will forfeit their parking privileges.

• Early release, work release, athletics, and other curricular activities will not have a bearing on whether or not a student maintains a parking spot (does not qualify as a hardship request).

•  Driving to school is a privilege, inherent in that privilege is the responsibility to arrive at school on time and attend classes regularly.  Students consistently tardy in the mornings will lose this privilege after six tardies in a semester, and you will lose your parking privileges if you are absent ten or more times from a class during the SY without an approved excuse for those absences.  You have three days upon returning to school to submit documentation to be excused for absences.

• Reckless/unsafe driving, as well as the playing of loud or inappropriate music and non-compliance of an adult directive while on campus, may result in the loss of parking privileges.

• Vehicles with outstanding tickets or other financial obligations will not be allowed to register until all financial obligations have been settled.

• Vehicles of students who have lost their driving privileges but choose to still park on campus will be booted or towed at the owner's expense.  

• Parking permits are non-transferable and may not be given or sold to any other individual. No student is allowed to purchase a permit for another student or allow another student to use his/her parking permit under any circumstance; if so, disciplinary action and loss of parking privileges will result.  If a student obtains a parking permit in any manner other than through the correct application process, the parking decal will be revoked for all parties involved for the remainder of the school year.

• Student drivers will participate in the Board of Education approved policy on Drug Screening of student drivers. By signing this form, you, as a student, are authorizing the school to administer drug testing and to release the results of the test to your parent and or guardian, school administration, personnel director and the superintendent or his/her designee. By signing this form, you, as a parent, are giving consent to the release of information concerning the results of such test to yourself, administration, personnel director and the superintendent or his/her designee.