Skip to Content
Categories:

Parking pass problems create sticky situation

Junior Lillian Barud uses a jug of water to clear the whipped cream off her car’s windshield in the main lot. Like Barud, many of the students who found their cars covered in whipped cream were forced to wash it off themselves.
(Photo used with permission by Mia Robinson)
Junior Lillian Barud uses a jug of water to clear the whipped cream off her car’s windshield in the main lot. Like Barud, many of the students who found their cars covered in whipped cream were forced to wash it off themselves. (Photo used with permission by Mia Robinson)

Students walked out to the main lot on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, to find whipped cream splattered on cars.

With over a hundred students participating in Step-Up Day, there were few parking spots available for those students who regularly park in the main lot, which caused three students to take matters into their own hands. 

Kristina Dupes, Caleb Dupes’ mom, was handing out popsicles during Step-Up Day. When she got back to her car, her door handle and windshield had been covered in whipped cream. (Photo used with permission by Caleb Dupes)

These students found cars without main lot parking passes and sprayed them with whipped cream. This prompted intercom announcements throughout the day telling people who were parked without passes to move their vehicles. 

However, when students went to move their cars, they were met with whipped cream smeared on windshields, windows and other parts of their cars. One of these students was sophomore Arianna White. 

“Mrs. Sullivan told me I could park here, so I could bring things into the gym for Step-Up Day,” White said. “Now, there’s [whipped] cream on my car, so I’m very mad.” 

According to sophomore Alexia Mbuyi, the whipped cream was “really difficult to get off,” after it baked in the sun.

Junior Shaneda Jackson finds her car’s windshield smothered in whipped cream. “Now, I have to be late to class because someone [whipped] creamed my car,” Jackson said.
(Photo used with permission from Shaneda Jackson)

“I was just disappointed,” Mbuyi said. “Why would someone do this to me?”

These two sophomores weren’t the only ones whose vehicles were vandalized. Senior Lily Ciarametaro recently got a new car and has not transferred her parking pass to it yet.

“I was so mad and shocked,” Ciarametaro said. “I think there’s different ways to go about it and that maybe they should just mind their own f***ing business.”

According to Ciarametaro, she caught the perpetrators “white-handed.” 

“They tried to justify it by saying that the school wasn’t doing anything about it, but it’s not [the kids’] job to do anything about it,” she said.

 

Administrators are not able to comment on the issue, as it is an ongoing situation.

Donate to Lancer Spirit Online
$450
$500
Contributed
Our Goal

Your donation will support the student journalists of Londonderry High School. Your contribution will allow us to purchase equipment and cover our annual website hosting costs.

More to Discover
About the Contributors
Kaylee Mague
Kaylee Mague, Editor-in-Chief
This is Kaylee’s third year on The Lancer Spirit staff and she is currently the Editor-in-Chief. Kaylee is a member of Big Buddies, National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, Foreign Language Honor Society, Skills USA and more. When Kaylee is not at school, she loves to hang out with friends and shop. Kaylee is super excited to work with this year’s staff and can’t wait to see what stories this year brings.
Lily Abrams
Lily Abrams, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
This is Assistant Editor in Chief’s Lily Abrams’ second year on the editorial board, and third year on the Lancer Spirit staff. She is very excited to take on this role during her junior year. Outside of being apart of the Lancer Spirit, she enjoys riding horses and is involved in National Honors Society, Foreign Language Society, Quill and Scroll, Bring Change to Mind, and Class Reps. Lily is eager to see what this year has in store for the Lancer Spirit
Mia Robinson
Mia Robinson, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
This is Mia’s first year on the editorial board and second year on staff. She is a member of clubs such as Bring Change to Mind, Green Council, and others, along with some honor societies. Mia swims for the high school, as well as a club team. Outside of school, she likes to hang out with friends and listen to music. As one of the chiefs, Mia is excited to collaborate with the rest of the staff on writing, editing, and publishing stories for The Lancer Spirit.  Venmo: Mia_Robinson4
Donate to Lancer Spirit Online
$450
$500
Contributed
Our Goal