EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – This morning, a viewer contacted ABC-7 with concerns that El Dorado High School in far east El Paso is charging its teachers $25 to park in the school parking lot.

“Can you please investigate why a local high school in SISD is charging teachers $25 for parking on the way to work? As teachers, we are dealing with budget cuts, having to buy school supplies, getting no raises, no pay raises, and morale is low,” the viewer report said in part.

“When I get to work early, I can’t get the closest parking spot because it’s reserved for the teacher who paid $25 and is late for work,” the viewer added.

ABC-7 contacted the Socorro Independent School District, which oversees El Dorado High School.

A school district spokesperson explained that the school has blocked off certain parking spaces for a fundraiser, so anyone who wants to support the fundraiser can pay $25 to park in one of those spaces. However, there are many other parking spaces that are not included in the fundraiser, the spokesperson added.

According to the spokesman, this is common practice throughout the district and in El Paso.

ABC-7 is working to obtain more information, including the beneficiary of the fundraiser.