coming to school early? trouble?

[ajkroy]

My post said public street or parking lot on school grounds. If the car is in a parking lot of a public school then it is a public parking lot. End of story. Public schools are public at least in my state. You are welcome to dispute that if you like. The original poster is in Indiana. If he goes to a private school that may be a different story.

As you have been told, school parking lots are not public property. Want to guess what the punishment is for using or selling drugs in a school parking lot versus a lot at say, a public concert venue? Heck, you should see what the punishment is just for using tobacco in a school parking lot in the state where I work!

 

[CdwJava]

While a school may be "public property" that does not mean it is open to the general public at all times. The library is "public property," yet it has hours of attendance and rules. Parks are also "public property," yet they, too, have rules governing use and access including times. Schools also have rules governing who can access and when - visitors are generally not permitted to wander onto school grounds willy-nilly, they must check in at the office or follow other guidelines. You get the idea ...

In my state schools can prohibit entry to most anyone when school is not in session. I strongly suspect that the law is similar in most - perhaps ALL - states, even if it is not a law that is universally enforced by the police. The school can control access if it so chooses. If the parents don't like that rule, they can address it with the school administration, the superintendent, or the school board.

 

[LeeHarveyBlotto]

While a school may be "public property" that does not mean it is open to the general public at all times.

There goes my plan to drop by the Oval Office the next time I'm near D.C.

 

[greedglan]

I heard a lot about the rules forbidding to arrive after the bell, but this case is kind of unbelievable for me! don't understand it at all.