Painting over potholes won't fix  the green lot 

With the first quarter coming to a close on a new school year, a similar sentiment is raised among students: the parking lots, in particular, the green lot, the largest lot on the school's property. With it crumbling and covered in potholes, resembling a minefield or the surface of the moon rather than a parking lot, something needs to be done. 

Now, each student pays $35 per parking pass, so where does all of that money go? Surely not toward maintaining the lots. However, it's not just Aurora students that are affected by these poorly maintained lots; Aurora families and rival schools may have a poor opinion of us based on our lack of maintenance of this lot.  

I understand that the vast majority of funds go towards educational utensils/textbooks, sports equipment, and teams, but at the same time can some of those funds not be directed toward their students' parking lots? 

To clarify, I am not the only student who feels this way as this is a very broadly shared opinion. For instance, senior Willa Sabelko said, “If I get there early I’m fine, but if I am later I have to go through the field of potholes, and during marching season, we march in green lot which can cause twisted or sprained ankles if we fall in.” Senior Maddie Lancon shares a similar point: “I hate them. What are our $35 going towards, and why are they built so weird? it’s just so weird.” Given these two statements, the passion behind the distaste with the parking lot is clear, especially with the senior class who have been dealing with this for almost four whole years.