Heide Trask High School
HeideTraskHigh School
Student Driving Privileges, Rules, and Expectations
A student being permitted to drive and park on school premises is a matter of privilege, not a right. A student not meeting therules, regulations, and expectationsof the Trask administration will forfeit their privilege to drive and park on the school premises on a temporary or permanent basis.
Students wanting the privilege to drive and park on the Trask campus must:
- Abide by and are subject to all the traffic laws of the State of North Carolina including but not limited to speeding, seatbelt use, cell phone use, etc. Failure to comply with these laws will result in being charged accordingly. Trask campus is considered a public vehicular area.
- Wear their seat belt at all times and drive in a safe manner. (Please refer to Board Policy #6449)
- Purchase a valid parking permit. A student must purchase the permit the before he/she can start driving on campus.
- Display the parking permit at all times while the vehicle is on campus. The parking permit should be displayed on the vehicle’s rearview mirror.
- Park in their assigned parking space only. Students are not to park in the gravel lot.
- Arrive to school at the appropriate time and not be tardy to their first period class.
- Receive permission from the administration to go to their vehicle during the school day.
- Must not owe any school fees.
Once a student arrives on campus, they must exit their vehicle and proceed towards the school building. Students are not permitted to stay in their vehicles. Also, at the end of the day, students need to leave campus by 3:30, unless they are involved in an after-school activity. When students leave campus at the end of the day, they must yield to all school buses and/or the school resource officer.
Students must also meet all requirements of Board of Education Policy 6805 (Extracurricular activity eligibility policy). Failure to do so will result in loss of driving/parking privileges on campus until criteria of the policy is met.
Repeated violations of the Student Code of Conduct and TraskHigh School’s student behavior and expectations will result in loss of driving privileges on campus.
Pender County Schools and Heide Trask High School do not have the personnel to patrol the parking lots on a regular basis,therefore, neither the school, the school system, nor the Pender County Sheriff’s Office are liable for any damages sustained to a vehicle or the theft of a vehicle or its contents.
Any moving violation that violates North Carolina Motor Vehicle Laws will result in a state citation being issued by the SRO and suspension of driving privileges.
NCGS 115C-46 states that by entering the school campus the person in charge of any vehicle consents to a search of the vehicle and its contents if there is “reasonable suspicion” by school officials or Sheriff’s Deputies that a vehicle contains evidence of a crime or a violation of school policy or school rules.
Parking Violations and Consequences
Any student in violation of a parking regulation will be issued a ticket by either the SRO or administration. The fines are as follows:
Failure to Display Parking Permit:
1st Offense$5.00
2nd Offense$10.00
3rd OffenseVehicle being towed at owner expense and suspension of driving privileges.
No Valid Parking Permit:
1st Offense$5.00
2nd Offense$10.00
3rd OffenseVehicle being towed at owner expense and suspension of driving privileges.
Parking in a Handicap Space:
1st OffenseIssue of State Citation and Fine
2nd OffenseVehicle being towed at owner expense and suspension of driving privileges.
All other Violations:
1st Offense$5.00
2nd Offense$10.00
3rd OffenseVehicle being towed at owner expense and suspension of driving privileges.
**All vehicles are towed at owner’s expense, therefore, the owner of the vehicle will have to pay the towing and storage fees that are set forth by the towing company.
Fines can be paid to any administrator in the main office. When paying your fine, you must present your ticket. All unpaid fines will result in a student fee.