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Student Parking

Student parking passes are available for purchase during Welcoming Week (registration week), which is held in mid-August. Students must be a licensed driver at the time that they apply/pay for their parking pass, and they must present their driver's license at the time they apply. If there are no spots available, students will be added to the Waiting List. 

Students who are unable to attend Welcoming Week may check in at the Front Office when school starts, ask if any parking spots are available for purchase and purchase a spot if available. If no spots are available, they will be added to the Waiting List. 

 

Student Parking Information (from the SMHS Student Handbook)

Junior and Senior students at South Medford High School may park in the SMHS student lot.  Students need to complete the Parking Pass Registration form and pay a $20 fee in order to  obtain a parking permit. The parking fee of $20 allows a student to park in an assigned/numbered parking spot in the student parking lot for the duration of the school year. Preference will be given to seniors, followed by juniors on a first come, first served basis until the parking spots are all accounted for. This fee is optional, however, students may not park on campus without  purchasing an assigned parking spot and students cannot park in a spot that is not their assigned spot.

Students may not park in the staff lot. Violators may be ticketed and/or towed.

Parking Pass Registration forms are available in Student Management (room A141).

The parking permit must be visibly displayed in the front, left-hand side of the vehicle’s windshield. Safe driving and courteous behavior are expected. Students may be turned away from the   parking lot if they do not comply with parking procedures and/or if they do not have a parking permit.

  • Seniors with a Gold Sticker will receive priority parking space selection and a discounted parking permit fee of $15.00
  • Seniors with a Silver Sticker and Juniors with a Gold Sticker receive a discounted parking permit fee of $18.00.
  • There are four (4) Booster parking spaces available for bidding at the Booster Club Auction. Only the successful bidders are allowed to park in these spaces.
  • Students will be fined for:  parking without a visible permit, parking in Gold parking, parking in the Booster Auction parking, parking in ADA spaces without an appropriate permit, parking inappropriately. and parking in the faculty parking lot. Students who park in a faculty lot or in an ADA space may have their vehicles ticketed and/or towed.
  • Students who take more than one space, park illegally, park without a visible permit or park     without a valid parking permit may have their car booted, be ticketed and/or towed.
  • Parking in the staff parking lot is prohibited.

$5 for the 1st offense | $10 for the 2nd offense | $25 for the 3rd offense and each offense thereafter.

Repeat offenders may have their car booted, parking privileges suspended, and/or vehicle towed. 

  • Students may not cause any disruption in the parking lot. 
  • Students may not loiter (wait around idly or without apparent purpose) in the parking lot.
  • No weapons  or illegal substances of any kind are allowed in student vehicles while on school property.
  • Any vehicle entering this area is subject to search by either school authorities and/or law enforcement personnel. Such searches may be conducted without warrant for any reasonable purpose. Search of the vehicle includes all compartments and components thereof. Once the search begins, the person in control of the vehicle will not be permitted to remove it from the premises during the reasonable duration of the search.
  • Any student caught driving in an unsafe manner may have their parking privileges suspended. Vehicles may be towed if the student/driver has lost their parking privileges and continues to park on school property.
  • SMHS is a closed campus during class time. If a student needs to leave campus for an appointment, etc. a parent/guardian must contact the attendance office at (541)842-3683 or smhs.attendance@medford.k12.or.us well in advance so that a hall pass can be sent to the student releasing them from class.
  • Students may not save parking spaces.
  • Students may not loan their parking pass

Consequences for inappropriate use of the parking lot include:

  • Boot placed on car wheel
  • Tickets & fines
  • Loss of parking privileges
  • Additional disciplinary action 
  • Towing charges at student/parent expense

As a courtesy, we will do our best to communicate with parents regarding parking issues; however, it should be noted that the ticket serves as notice of an infraction. Please contact Student Management if you have any questions.

It is a student’s responsibility to rectify a parking violation immediately!