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HHS Parking Guidelines & Violations

Parking Guidelines

Parking on campus is a privilege that can be maintained by following these guidelines:

  • Any student driving and parking their car on campus must register the vehicle by obtaining a parking permit.
  • Permits must be displayed at all times. Vehicles not displaying a permit may be subject to a parking violation.
  • Parking permits are non-transferable. The student who purchases the parking permit must be the same person who operates the vehicle.
    • For example, a senior could not purchase a Level 1 permit and have a junior drive them to school each day.
    • Violations will result in the loss of parking privileges for all students involved for the remainder of the year.
  • The speed limit is 15 miles per hour on school property. 
  • Vehicles must be parked within the lines painted on the student parking lots. 
  • Student parking will be confined to the Performing Arts Center, Stadium, Quad, and the LMS parking lots.  
  • Students may not park in visitor, faculty, reserved, or handicapped parking spaces. 
  • Students may not park at the ends of rows or create their own parking space.  
  • The driveways along Stanley Avenue and Bank Street should not be used for "through" traffic. Enter and exit the parking area via Kauffman Road. 
  • Leave your vehicle immediately upon parking and enter the building. Vehicles may not be occupied at any time during the school day.
  • Regulations regarding smoking, alcohol, and drug use/abuse apply to operators and occupants of motor vehicles on school property.
  • No students are permitted to leave the building to access their vehicles during the school day. Forgotten money, books, projects, school assignments, etc. may not be retrieved during the school day without administrative permission. Violators will be punished under the discipline code.
  • Parking lots are subject to search. These searches may include the use of canine units. Any illegal materials found as a result of a search may be used as evidence in disciplinary, juvenile, or criminal proceedings. 
  • Students with excessive absences (more than 10 days) may lose their parking privilege, without refund.
  • Excessive disciplinary referrals and/or suspensions may result in the revocation of the parking permit, and no refund will be given.
  • Drivers who are driving in a reckless manner on campus may also be ticketed and may lose parking privileges without a refund.
  • Police may be notified of incidents of careless and/or reckless driving.
  • Students should leave the parking lots as soon as they are dismissed from school.  Loitering will not be permitted in the parking lots.
  • Hempfield High School is not responsible for the security of vehicles (or the contents therein) while parked on the school grounds.

Parking Violations

Students who park illegally on school grounds (i.e., without a permit, in a faculty parking space, not inside a lined space, in a space that is marked for reserved, visitor, or handicapped parking) will be addressed as follows:

  • 1st Violation:  Warning
  • 2nd Violation: One-hour detention, and a call home regarding future consequences.
  • 3rd Violation:  Half day of in-school suspension and a call home.
  • 4th Violation:  Full day of in-school suspension and a call home.

Additional violations may result in consequences to include loss of parking privilege,  out-of-school suspension, and/or the vehicle being booted with a $25 removal fee.

If the driver does not have a permit, the vehicle may be booted with a $25 removal fee after the first violation.

Drivers with repeated violations may have their car towed off of school property at the owner’s expense.