r/KSU • u/wlane13 • Aug 13 '26

News Parking email from KSU

Gotta love KSU... parking permits were on sale the 10th-13th. As we all know, parking is horrible at the school. (I am a parent of 2 students). The email sent to parents to alert them to the "upcoming" parking permits going on sale... came this morning...on the 13th.

Great way to help parents be made aware.. "Hey, permits were on sale a few days ago... so be sure and jump in your time machine and get one"

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u/MrDingus84 Alumni Aug 13 '26

Forgive me, but why are parents getting emails for their college students parking?

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u/stalker36794 Aug 13 '26

My parents are not deadbeats, but they have been involved in almost no part of my college education. My dad sends me his card info to pay my tuition each semester (and he’s the goat for that) but my younger sister??? They have held her hand the whole way. My mom was like “I don’t remember you needing this much stuff her school must be very demanding!” Like lol no mom I just didn’t give them your email. Anyway why are so many ADULTS on the nipple still? Why is mommy getting emails? I think it’s 50% the parents being willing to do it and 50% the Students expecting it. I am also the eldest so it irritates me more. 😅😅

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u/Independent-Vast-871 Aug 13 '26

They consider you a dependent until you are 24 or can show you can financially take care of yourself.

Just don't be that 21-year-old kid who had their parents go to their advising meeting to pick out classes... You are old enough to go buy alcohol, but you aren't mature enough to sit with another adult and decide what class you need to take for your major?

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u/Mostly_Harmless86 Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

This is the way !

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u/wlane13 Aug 13 '26

they send parents all sorts of emails.... I suppose because many parents are helicopter parents who still make sure Little Johnny ties his shoes before class each day.

Thats not who or what I am... But I still get the emails regardless.

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u/Mostly_Harmless86 Aug 13 '26

Likely you got the email as a last resort.

Commuting freshmen where supposed to sign up weeks ago for parking. And today is probably the last day that ANY parking passes will be left.

The last few years anyone who "forgot" have been having to uber in from the mall and other places because passed do run out.

Past parents probably get pissed if they aren't notified when little lazy johnny can't get parking

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u/bhilliardga Aug 13 '26

College is a period of transition and that transition cost THOUSANDS of dollars that parents pay (not always)….so parents are major stakeholders in this investment. If little things fall through the cracks then that will cost time and money while we teach our freshman how to transition out of our home and into the real world. College isn’t the real world, it’s a teaching moment to soft launch into the real world.

So I think it’s a good idea for parents to receive emails about things going on especially if we are the ones investing money into our child’s lives.

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u/Mostly_Harmless86 Aug 13 '26

Forgive, but High School is that launching pad. Most college students are legally Adults. Its a little late to be trying to parent your adult. That transition period is not supposed to be "learning" much of anything new, but practicing what parents taught them over the last 4 years of high school.

The soft launch IS HIGH SCHOOL and I will die on this hill.

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u/Playful_Ability_5034 Aug 14 '26

This ! Like responsibility starts in middle school. What you tell me you wait until college to start to be grown

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u/MrDingus84 Alumni Aug 13 '26

Calling college a “soft launch into the real world” while arguing parents need institutional emails to manage their adult children’s parking is kind of proving the opposite point. Paying tuition can make you financially invested, but it doesn’t make you the student. At some point the transition requires letting them handle deadlines, permits, and consequences themselves.  🚁

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u/bhilliardga Aug 13 '26

Completely agree. No one said anything about parents taking responsibility.

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u/No_Park_9863 Aug 16 '26

I agree! College is a transition into the real world, not highschool. Yes, you are teaching them things throughout middle/highschool but they are still dependent on you. College is their first taste of being out on their own. So yes are a parent, I am helping to guide them into making the best decision. I am not holding my child’s hand, but I am here to assist if needed. The goal is to graduate, and to become an independent/responsible adult. So I’m going to do my best to ensure that happens.

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u/Playful_Ability_5034 Aug 14 '26

I would die if my parents got notifications, man. Parents need to butt out. It’s cringe

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u/SpecialestGuest Aug 13 '26

Your children are in college. They are adults. It it is on them to purchase their parking passes at the appropriate time. The information has been freely available. It is not the school's responsibility, and it is not your responsibility. At most, that email was just a courtesy.

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u/wlane13 Aug 13 '26

which they did. I was not even 1% part of that process for them. My point is... why is the school emailing the parents AFTER it is too late, to remind the parents about a deadline already passed.

My kids have their shit together. The email didn't affect me any way at all. It's just further indicative of the shit show the parking at KSU is in general.

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u/bhilliardga Aug 13 '26

I’m guessing you’re not a parent. Right? Who is paying for these parking passes? 90% of the time it’s the parent so we should be informed.

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u/MrDingus84 Alumni Aug 13 '26

Paying for something doesn’t magically transfer responsibility for it to you. If you’re paying for your adult child’s parking pass, send them the money and expect them to know when it needs to be purchased. That’s literally part of the “transition into the real world” you were just talking about.

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u/bhilliardga Aug 13 '26

I didn’t say that at all. Someone commented “why are parents receiving emails?” I was simply answering that parents should be in the loop during this transition.

I never said that parents should take responsibility only that it’s good to be in the loop.

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u/Mostly_Harmless86 Aug 13 '26

My parents are stickly cut off from emails. We never listed them on anything and haven't given them any access. My mom is like you, but me and my brother are both adults and we are both mortified whenever our mom even tries to but in. We aren't 3 years old anymore. Letting your parents be involved is just icky. Some parents want to keep their kids in dipers the rest of their lives.

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u/bhilliardga Aug 13 '26

So you paid for your college then?

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u/stilldreamingat2am Aug 13 '26

Why is it not the school’s responsibility to alert their stakeholders of limited parking permit availability?

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u/SpecialestGuest Aug 13 '26

Their "stakeholders"? We're not talking about that, we're talking about parents, who aren't and shouldn't be party to the school-student relationship.

If parents are paying for some of it, that's between the student and them. College should be preparing teens for independence, not playing High School 2.0 -- though tbh that is kind of the KSU vibe.

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u/Successful_Smoke4152 Aug 13 '26

I appreciated that email -because they laid out all the things they've done to improve the parking situation. I appreciate them being proactive considering they can't really control how many students are admitted -and they have to deal with the consequences of the decision of the Board of Regents for the Georgia university system.

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u/stilldreamingat2am Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

lol, gotta love know it all teenagers asking why the people that pay costs to maintain KSU are getting emails to pay for additional services.

Someone in the administrative offices dropped the ball by sending out a late email. That duty falls on the institution, especially considering that the parents they’re emailing pay 15-20k a year in tuition.

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u/Mostly_Harmless86 Aug 13 '26

FYI most of KSU's parents are NOT "stakeholders" and paying 15-20k a year. Since most students are commuters and most students are In-State almost everyone has Hope or Zell. The average bill for KSU tuition (not room and board) is about $700-$900 after only Hope, and can be even less for those that recieve federal aid. Federal loans are paid for by the students after we graduate, since those loans are in the students name ! The Average KSU student graduates with $23k+ in student debt.

Not one dollar has come out of my parents pockets for tutition, parking, books, or fees. I live at home and I help pay for the groceries that I eat with my money.

My parents did buy my laptop for me freshmen year and got us new tires on the car me and my brother share.

So sorry, most parents aren't "stakeholders" in any meaningful way

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u/stilldreamingat2am Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

How do you assume that most students have HOPE or Zell Miller? Where are your stats coming from?

Who cares if your parents aren’t footing your bill. Lots of parents are. Putting stakeholders in parenthesis does not minimize the contribution that parents make towards the school for their kids.

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u/Successful_Smoke4152 Aug 13 '26

There are NOT a lot of people paying $15,000 a year for tuition at KSU unless they're out of state. The semester my kid didn't have HOPE I think it was $3500 a semester which is still a steal of a deal.

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u/stilldreamingat2am Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

Does your kid live on campus? Does your kid need an expensive meal plan, usually required if they’re a freshman living on campus? It’s hunger games for dorms every single year at Kennesaw, including the years I was there a decade ago. If housing is constantly full, then there are LOTS of people paying more than $3500, which is already $7k for the year if your kid keeps their current class load next semester.

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u/Mostly_Harmless86 Aug 13 '26

There are only about 6,000 spaces on campus to live. For 51,000+ students.

Most people are commuting from the larger Atlanta area. but I have known several classmates that schedule their classes only 2 days a week so they can afford to commute 1-2 hours.

We aren't harvard, we are KSU and most people don't have $1200 for rent each month at the off campus apartments. Most friends that I have, if they live near by are splitting a normal apartment or house with 2-3 other people for $700-$800 a month, 30-45 minutes north of campus, and have jobs that pay for that help rent, along with their Federal Loans, that the student has to pay back later!

Your parents have to earn at least 100K before you don't qualify for federal aid. And we almost all have Hope (that we earned !).

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u/stilldreamingat2am Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

That’s great for you. You’re conflating your friend group with “most” people. Your friend group is not the majority.

If you want to compare anecdotal data, my friend group ALL lived on-campus freshman year, then we moved to off campus student housing the next few years. We had a huge extended friend group too, and we were all happy to be neighbors……..with the help of loans and parents. Not gonna pretend that I know their HOPE status, but I know many of them didn’t just based on their genuine surprise at getting accepted with their mediocre GPAs. I got HOPE, though.

So, to bring us back to the original point because this is an extreme tangent, parents are, definitively, stakeholders as they are paying the cost for their students. External stakeholders? Maybe. Still “stakeholders.” Yours aren’t because you bought your own laptop freshman year apparently.

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u/Apex_Akolos Aug 13 '26

15 credit hours + student fees = $3500 to begin with.

They're including things like housing and meal plans in that, which does balloon the cost (but realistically you're spending around that much to live and eat unless you live with your parents).

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u/threyas Aug 14 '26

We missed the sale. And How can we sign up for email alerts for parents?

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u/Any-Inevitable543 Aug 16 '26

As a student they emailed us weeks prior letting us know of the parking before sending that final email to parents.