A plea for compromise

Dear U-High Parents,

We've never met and probably never will, but we are destined to be mortal enemies. It is true, from the moment of U-High's inception, law school students and stay-at-home moms have been battling it out for parking places, drop-off points, and places in line to get on Dalrymple. I fear that this never-ending game of musical vehicles will continue to wear on my patience until I explode. Probably in the parking lot, probably right at 3:00 pm, and probably right in front of your beloved children.

There is something you can do to thwart this upcoming explosion U-High Parents. Get ready, here it is: get a job. Yes! If all the U-High Parents had to work from 8 to 5 every Monday through Friday, the congestion on East Campus Drive would cease, the parking lot and parallel spots along the road would always have a free spot, and there would be no combusting law students. Your darling children could take a school bus home and there, their nannies could look after them. It does seem as though all that tuition money that you are paying should be put to a good use, does it not?

I have one final plea U-High Parents. From now until December 12, 2009, if you stay out of my way, I will stay out of yours. It is simple really, plan to have your children dropped off between the hours of 6 and 7:30 am and pick them up between 2 and 3:30 pm. Do not come onto the campus in between those hours or after dark any day of the week. Just because your precious offspring are out of class at 3, doesn't mean the rest of the world is out too. There is no need to have lunch with your children, no need to visit with them at recess or attend PTA meetings. Your children don't care if you are there. Trust me. If you will just follow those simple and unburdensome guidelines, we will be fine until January. After that, I expect you all to have jobs and a busing system to be in place.

Farewell for now Parents,

Me.