Ice closes Apex High School parking lot, students forced to park illegally
NEWS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON.
>> ICE AND SNOW STILL CAUSE
SOME PROBLEMS FOR PEOPLE IN
APEX APEX HIGH SCHOOL COULD NOT
OPEN PART OF ITS PARKING LOT
TODAY FOR ONE OF THE KIDS DO
WELL. INSTEAD, DOZENS OF
STUDENTS JUST PARK IN NEARBY
NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT CAUSED A
LOT OF HEADACHES FOR THE FOLKS
WHO LIVE THERE. WRAL'S BRETT
KNESE EXPLAINS WHY POLICE,
THOUGH, WON'T BE HANDING OUT
ANY TICKETS.
>> CAR AFTER CAR LINED THE
STREET IN THE BROOKFIELD
NEIGHBORHOOD ON FRIDAY, I
FIGURED SOMETHING UP AT THE
SCHOOL. ALL OF THESE CARS
BELONG TO APEX HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS SKY 5 FLEW OVER THE
PARKING LOT WHERE THEY WOULD
NORMALLY PARK.
>> YOU CAN SEE A LARGE PORTION
OF IT IS CLOSED OFF BECAUSE
IT'S STILL COVERED IN ICE.
SOME STUDENTS PARK IN THE
TEACHER LOT. BUT ONCE THAT WAS
FULL,
>> THEY DECIDED TO PARK ON THE
STREETS. SOME OF THEM PARKING
RIGHT IN FRONT OF SIGNS THAT
SAY NO PARKING BETWEEN 10:00AM
AND 02:00PM ON SCHOOL DAYS AND
CAN GET KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE
THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AS LONG AS
THESE CARS ARE BLOCKING SOME
BUDDIES DRIVEWAY OR A FIRE
HYDRANT ON THIS STREET. APEX PD
SAYS THEY ARE LETTING THESE
PARKING VIOLATIONS SLIDE.
POLICE SAY THAT'S JUST A
ONE-TIME THING. RESIDENTS HERE
AREN'T HAPPY ABOUT IT. BUT SOME
OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT KIND OF
MAKES IT HARD TO MANEUVER TO
LIKE BACK OUT OF YOUR DRIVEWAY
OF THE SCHOOL TOLD STUDENTS TO
ALLOW FOR EXTRA TIME WHEN
ARRIVING FRIDAY.
>> PART OF AN E-MAIL FROM THE
PRINCIPAL TOLD FAMILIES EVEN
AFTER PLOWING THE TOP DECK AND
DRIVEWAY DOWN TO THE LOWER
DECK. MUCH OF IT IS STILL
SHEETS OF ICE. THOSE WHO LIVE
IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD JUST HOPE
IT MELTS BY MONDAY.
>> SO THINGS GET BACK TO
NORMAL.