Parking_evaluating+existing+policy


 * Evaluating the Existing Policy**

**Goal** What is the goal of the policy? If you don’t know what it’s supposed to do, you can’t measure its success or failure. What problem or problems is this policy supposed to address? Does it address the causes or affects of the problem? Our goal is to have a fair senior parking plan at NKHS. It addresses the problems of not having enough spots and unfair distribution.

** R **** IVALS ** Who supports this policy? Who opposes it? Rivals are great sources of information but make sure you double check their facts. Those who support this policy are most seniors, Mrs. Barba and Mrs. Anderson, and Mr. Lali.

Those who are rivals are juniors who will not be allowed to receive spaces in the lower parking lot and any seniors who favor the existing policy of assigned spot numbers because it guarantees them a spot everday.

** A **** DVANTAGES **   What are the policy’s benefits? What is good about the policy? Will it achieve (or has it achieved) its goal? Does it protect people from harm? Does it ensure people’s liberties? The advantages of this policy are that everyone will have a fair chance to get a senior spot per day. If we go through with this new policy we will acheive our goal. Yes, our policy protects people from harm and ensures liberties.

** D **** ISADVANTAGES **   What are the policy’s costs? What is bad about the policy? Is it inefficient? Is it expensive? Does it cause harm? Does it intrude on people’s liberties? Are their potential consequences that may cause damage? The policy consists of no additional costs besides the origional parking pass deposit. The only real disadvantage is that one is not guaranteed a spot in the senior lot. ** E **** VALUATE THE ALTERNATIVES ** One alternative is to do nothing. Most serious problems have various policy proposals. Evaluate them. Look at their goals, advantages, and disadvantages (i.e. complete a version of this sheet for each alternative). Our other alternatives are parking plans based upon first come first serve in handing in the applications or plans based upon students' priorities. First come first serve is the system in place now, and it does not work because the seniors who are forced to park in the junior lot complain and park in the senior lot anyways. This just creates a negative domino effect because once one person parks in somebody elses spot then the person whose spot is taken is forced to park in someone elses spot and so on. Often students block other students in and it just creates a bigger problem.

Parking based upon priorities is also unfair because sometimes it is hard for Mrs. Barba and Mrs. Anderson to determine which priorities, such as sports, clubs, jobs, interships, babysitting, etc., are most important.