Residents press council for solutions to high‑school parking overflow and safety concerns

Several residents used public comment to press the council for help after the regional high school’s parking shortage began spilling into adjacent residential streets.

“My daughter's a student there,” Rich Perez told the council, explaining he had contacted borough staff to understand the ordinance and to raise concerns about neighborhood overflow during school days. Perez said his daughter is a junior and that limited on‑campus parking pushes students into surrounding streets where residents report trash and congestion.

Council members said the one‑hour school‑zone parking ordinance was adopted primarily for safety and to prevent campus overflow from degrading neighborhood quality of life. Officials described prior traffic and safety incidents near the school and emphasized constraints on changing enforcement or selectively opening streets without a coordinated policing plan.

Councilors and members of the public discussed several possible approaches — rotating allowances, use of off‑campus private lots, expanded campus parking for juniors or reassigning staff spaces — but emphasized that some options require school cooperation or private property permissions. The council said it will continue dialogue with school officials and asked staff to follow up on options that would not unduly burden residents.