DOE- did you get this e-mail about parking???

Got this e-mail today:

I have news that many UFT members will welcome: Parking procedures for school employees are about to change. Every school employee who has a car will receive a Department of Education-issued parking permit, and effective May 18 the school’s on-street parking spots will become available on a first-come, first-served basis. There will not be a special on-street parking permit for the principal, the custodian or any other employee. (Off-street parking is not affected.)
Your DOE-issued permit will indicate your school and the specific on-street parking locations you may use. Your permit will not be valid outside any other school.
The number of parking slots allotted for each school and the times when they are reserved for school employees will not change. The DOE is issuing the permits, but the city Department of Transportation will continue to oversee where school employees can park on the street.
Itinerate employees (those who travel from school to school) and district-based employees represented by the UFT will receive a special permit that will allow them to park outside any school if a spot should be available. School employees who visit the same specific schools each week will get permits for each school to which they are assigned.
Principals are being notified of this change in the May 9 Principal’s Weekly, but I wanted you to know first.

Re: DOE- did you get this e-mail about parking???

Yes! But my school doesn't have any DOE parking, so I don't think applies to me. ??

Message edited 5/9/2017 8:35:57 PM.

DOE- did you get this e-mail about parking???

What exactly does it mean, lol?
We have street parking b/c it's a residential area. The amount of space for parking has shrunk since I started. We probably lost about 20 spots and gained 20 new people. So although parking isn't horrendous, it is still a walk every day because there is NO parking along the building.

DOE- did you get this e-mail about parking???

my take on it is that each teacher will get a parking permit that specifies certain areas that will be teacher-only parking. It will be different for each school, as some may be able to provide more parking than others. Even if you're in a residential area, I would assume there will be a section or a block that is designated just for DOE teachers and staff.

Message edited 5/10/2017 7:39:47 AM.

Re: DOE- did you get this e-mail about parking???

That's how it was pre-2008 and it worked fine! After Bloomberg changed the rules it became such a shitshow at my school. If you want to really cause strife among colleagues, mess with their parking. It was really terrible, and there was no need to change the old system. I am glad it's going to be changed though I no longer work for the DOE.

DOE- did you get this e-mail about parking???

At my school, we are lucky. There is a huge supermarket down the block and they let us park in their huge parking lot if we can't find a spot on the street.

I didn't remember parking with permits before 2008. So Bloomberg took away the permits? Why? Oh, that's right; he hated teachers.