Directions for applying for the Privilege of Driving to School and Parking in the Mars Area High School Student Parking Lot are as follows:

1. The High School cannot possibly meet every driving need due to the limited amount of available parking. Permission to drive will be granted on a first-come-first-serve basis in the following priority order:
   
   

   1. Vo-Tech Students

   2. Seniors

   3. Juniors, who are involved in extra-curricular activities or work immediately after school. Permits will only be valid for the semester that the extra-curricular activity takes place. Employment and work schedule will be verified for those students that work.

   4. Juniors, who do not participate in extra-curricular activities or work immediately after school.

   5. Students holding a driving permit may reserve a parking permit until the second Thursday of September. If you do not have a driver’s license by the second Thursday of September, the parking permit that was being held for you will be issued to a student with a valid driver’s license and you will be placed on a waiting list.
      
      RESTRICTIONS
      
      

      • No permits will be issued to a student, who owes fines and/or detention to the High School. Fines can be paid during the summer. Detentions will have to be served within the first 10 school days to maintain your permit. If you have any fines and/or detentions, you have been notified by mail.

      • No parking permits will be issued to Freshmen or Sophomores.
        
        

2. Any student, who wishes to drive to school, must acquire a parking permit.
   
   

3. Applications are available online (below) as well as in Mars Area High School's main office. Summer office hours are 7:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday
   
   

4. Parking permits will be issued to students in the High School LGI before the beginning of the school year on the following dates and times in accordance with the above mentioned priority order. All applicants must complete and/or submit the following: 

• • • Student Parking Application
    • Student Driver Emergency Authorization Form
    • MASD Drug Testing Consent Form
    • a copy of your: 
    • • driver’s license,
      • vehicle registration,
      • insurance card,
    • a non-refundable $175 fee for a year permit or $87.50 fee for a semester permit.