Parking Permits/Start Smart
A NEW PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR EACH SCHOOL YEAR
PERMITS ARE REQUIRED FOR STUDENT PARKING BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 15.
NO STUDENTS MAY PARK IN STAFF/VISITOR SPACES.
START SMART CLASSES ARE REQUIRED
Start Smart Driving is an SDUHSD-required driver safety education class. It is offered as a response to the numerous teen car crashes and related fatalities in our community. All San Dieguito Union High School District students and their parents/guardians must attend a 2-hour Start Smart class in order to obtain a parking permit to park on their school campus. Officers from the Encinitas Sheriff's station will discuss traffic avoidance techniques, collision causing factors, driver/parent responsibilities, seat belt usage, dangers of driving under the influence, and many important safety tips. Parents are required to remain in the class with their students for the entire 2 hours. Students must attend the class with their own parents/guardians. Attending with a friend's parent does not qualify as credit for the class. Students may attend the class before they have a driver's license. Students only need to attend the class once.
Classes are free of charge and held from 6 pm - 8 pm in the Mosaic Cafe.
Reservations are required. Please RSVP to startsmartdriving@gmail.com (please use your personal email address, Start Smart cannot reply to student email addresses). Include your desired date, the school you attend, student ID number, student name, and the name of the parent who will attend. You will receive confirmation of the class.
Questions: Please contact Nancy Perry-Sheridan, San Dieguito Alliance, 760-519-5877
UPCOMING SDA START SMART DATES:
Students needing permits for the next school year may attend these dates now--students may attend the class before they have a driver's license, and only need to attend once.
Students - Please use an email other than your school email to RSVP as Start Smart coordinators cannot send emails to student addresses. Below are the classes at San Dieguito Academy offered to all students within the SDUHSD. Scroll down for registration information.
SDA START SMART CLASSES 2025-26
All classes are in the Mosaic Cafe - Classes are from 6-8 pm. - Free of cost - Reservations required.
- Tuesday, July 29 -- location: Mustang Commons
- Tuesday, Aug 5 -- location: Mustang Commons
- Tuesday Aug 19
- Tuesday Sept 9
- Tuesday Oct 21
- Tuesday, Feb 24, 2026
- Tuesday April 21
To streamline the sign-in process, RSVP's must include:
- Class Date desired
- Student name
- SDUHSD Student ID
- SDUHSD school that the student attends
- Parent name attending class
None of these dates work for you? SDA students may attend Start Smart at another district school. Available Start Smart dates at other schools coming soon!
SDA PARKING POLICIES
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- Obtaining a parking permit DOES NOT guarantee a parking space. Parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Students must park only in designated student spaces. Students may not park in any space marked as RED, STAFF or VISITOR.
- Neither SDUHSD nor SDA is responsible for any damage or loss of vehicle or private property.
- Vehicles parked on campus are subject to search.
- Parking permits are not transferable and must be affixed to the lower-left corner of the front windshield.
- Vehicles without a valid permit parked on campus may be ticketed.
- Vehicles parked illegally may be towed at owner’s expense. Vehicles parked in areas not designated as a parking space are subject to tow at owner’s expense, without warning.
- Students receiving multiple tickets will meet with administration and parents will be contacted. On-campus parking privileges may be revoked after receiving a third ticket.
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TEMPORARY PARKING PASS
Temporary parking passes are available for students with valid parking permits who have a temporary need to drive a non-permitted vehicle to school. It is the student’s responsibility to obtain the temporary pass from the Assistant Principal’s office and display it in the alternate vehicle. Otherwise, the non-permitted vehicle will be subject to citation.
PARKING CITATIONS
A citation will be mailed to the registered owner of the cited vehicle. If you wish to appeal the citation, please do so online at www.CitationProcessingCenter.com.
If you have misplaced the original citation, the citation number and other information will be mailed to the registered owner of the vehicle.
For more information, please see Carie Miller in the Assistant Principal’s Office.