![Senior Jett Mckinney stores all the clothes in his own room, with half of it stored in his closet along with his personal clothes, and the rest taking up space in his room.
“There’s been times [when] there’s so much clothing stored here and it gets overwhelming, so I end up having to sleep somewhere else in the house,” Mckinney said.](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DSC_0951-1200x800.jpg)
![Broadcast, yearbook and newspaper combined for 66 Interscholastic League Press Conference awards this year. Yearbook won 43, newspaper won 14 and broadcast took home nine. “I think [the ILPC awards] are a great way to give the kids some acknowledgement for all of their hard work,” newspaper and yearbook adviser Paige Hert said. “They typically spend the year covering everyone else’s big moments, so it’s really cool for them to be celebrated so many times and in so many different ways.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/edited-ILPC.jpg)
![Looking down at his racket, junior Hasun Nguyen hits the green tennis ball. Hasun has played tennis since he was 9 years old, and he is on the varsity team. "I feel like it’s not really appreciated in America as much, but [tennis] is a really competitive and mentally challenging sport,” Nguyen said. “I’m really level-headed and can keep my cool during a match, and that helps me play a bit better under pressure.” Photo by Kyra Cox](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/hasun.jpg)
![Bringing her arm over her head and taking a quick breath, junior Lauren Lucas swims the final laps of the 500 freestyle at the regionals swimming competition on date. Lucas broke the school’s 18-year-old record for the 500 freestyle at regionals and again at state with a time of 4:58.63. “I’d had my eye on that 500 record since my freshman year, so I was really excited to see if I could get it at regionals or districts,” Lucas said. “ State is always a really fun experience and medaling for the first time was really great. It was a very very tight race, [so] I was a bit surprised [that I medaled]. [There were] a lot of fast girls at the meet in general, [and] it was like a dogfight back and forth, back and forth.” Photo by Kaydence Wilkinson](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kaydence-2.7-23-edit-2.jpg)
![As her hair blows in the wind, senior Brianna Grandow runs the varsity girls 5K at the cross country district meet last Thursday. Grandow finished fourth in the event and led the varsity girls to regionals with a third place placement as a team. “I’m very excited [to go to regionals],” Grandow said. “I’m excited to race in Corpus Christi, and we get to go to the beach, so that’s really awesome.” Photo by Addison Bruce](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/brianna.jpg)
![Parking Lot Attendant Alan Gallagher poses next to his sign notifying that students can no longer purchase parking passes. Students without passes will not be able to park in the school parking lot, and if they do, AP’s will be notified. ““[When I catch people skipping] I notify the students AP and from there I'm not sure what happens,” Gallagher said. “[I can also stop people for] speeding through the parking lot [since] the speed limit is 10 mph on campus.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Heidi-1-1200x800.jpg)
Once school gets out, it starts. Students rush to their cars to try to get out first, and parents block up spaces, annoying others. People hurry and speed off, ignoring everyone else, yet somehow avoiding accidents. Some people think they’ll get off the hook with this villainous mindset, however they never know who’s always watching. Sitting in class thinking nobody witnessed their actions the day prior, when suddenly, a few seconds later, they’re sitting in the AP office.
The younger students know him as the “golf cart guy,” or the one that always wishes good mornings as students walk by the side gate. The older students affectionately call him Gally. His name is Alan Gallagher. Gallagher makes sure that the students and staff are safe when arriving and departing the school, watches for students skipping and makes sure only students with parking permits are parking in the school parking lot.
“[When I catch people skipping] I notify the students AP and from there I’m not sure what happens,” Gallagher said. “[I can also stop people for] speeding through the parking lot [since] the speed limit is 10 mph on campus.”
Gallagher was the School Resource Office for 2.5 years and retired in a year. He took over the Parking Lot attendant job because he had ties to the school. Gallagher ensures safety over all people with his background in law enforcement.
“I was a Deputy Sheriff for the Williamson County Sheriff’s Department for 14 years and then I was a Police Officer for the City of Cedar Park for 14 years,” Gallagher said. “Out of the 28 years in Law Enforcement, I was a Motorcycle Officer for 14 years.”
Gallagher attended and graduated from Leander High School in 1983. His family moved to the Austin area in 1976, where he has lived here ever since with his high school sweetheart. Compared to the other jobs he has worked for, he said CPHS stands out.
“I enjoy being at CPHS and want to be a part of all the traditions that are here,” Gallagher said. “[The best part of my job is] interacting with the students and staff.”
Every year, the senior class comes with their class mottos, as well as a picture. These then get hung up in the library hanging on the middle wall. Students are advised to choose wisely, however, the Class of 2023, decided to honor someone they all loved.
“[My best memories have been] mentoring the students,” Gallagher said. [Another memory was] seeing the senior class motto from the class of 2023 [be], ‘Run from Gally.’”
Gallagher plans to stay the Parking Lot Attendant until he is able to retire for a second time. He enjoys the amount of student interaction he receives from students and staff, which allows him to enjoy his job, as well as being in the sun all day, but the only downside is working in all weather conditions.
“[The most rewarding part is] seeing students who have graduated and then telling me, ‘Thank you for being here’,” Gallagher said. “Also seeing the smiles on students’ faces when I tell them good morning or have a nice day.”
