As senioritis sets in and a midday Sonic run seems more and more appealing, the administration is hoping to prevent students from leaving campus.

Vice principals and student resource officers began the parking lot patrol today late fourth period. They carried clipboards with a roster of all students enrolled in Work-Based Learning and Internship classes, stopping students in their cars to ensure that they were on the list. SRO cars were parked in a blockade in part of the Building 10 parking lot.

If students are leaving for doctors’ appointments and other personal reasons, they will have to present a checkout slip from the office.

Students entering campus will also be questioned regarding their whereabouts.

Vice principal Eric Andrews, who was out checking cars this afternoon, said that administrators will be out in the parking lot “whenever is needed,” not just during lunches.

The Building 10 parking lot will not be the only patrolled area. Andrews was at the field house parking lot during second lunch.

With 23 school days left for seniors, many are expressing frustration with the sudden crackdown on “skipping.”

“I don’t know why it’s necessary to punish us even more after everything the class of 2016 has had to deal with,” senior Matt Clanton said.

Some underclassmen, untouched by senioritis, still do not see the necessity in the car checks.

“Skipping should be a student’s choice; if they can take the absence then it should be up to them,” sophomore Hawkin Starke said.

Administration feels that it is for the best, however.

“We have a lot of students leaving when they’re not supposed to be,” Andrews said.

These measures will continue into the 2016-2017 school year.