Beall High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Frostburg, MD)

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IN THE MIDDLE of a shorthand “speed- take.” Amy Williams and Donna Cutter keep up with Mrs. Darlene Bacon’s dictation. With the practice field readied in November, the business department's trailer, formerly the driver ed simulator, was occupied by Typing I students. pening

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HELPING TO MOVE SUPPLIES from the old building. Benny Preston carries literature books to the new Senior High. Many teachers used the last few days of school to pack their equipment either to be stored at Frost or to be moved to another teaching station. Plans set in motion First they moved two grades out. Then they stuffed four into where the two had been. Modules, expected during the sum- mer, didn’t arrive until late October, and four math classes temporarily met in the old building. Teachers coped with students in the field house, in the cafeteria, and in Mr. Wade Morral’s “tun- nel.” When Cindy McFarland led the pledge of allegiance on the first day of school, it was instant replay — three times. No one knew for sure if the P.A. was car- rying into the new wing. Open space disappeared at the Eckhart site when Mr. Ed Twigg and his crew used old doors to partition the rooms. A greenhouse became an industrial arts classroom, attendance offi- cers read the absentees over the P.A. system, and seventh period ended 10 minutes earlier. Plans were no longer on paper; they had finally gone into action. |pening

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Qchool staying as one 1974. Then principal, Mr. Joseph Pellerzi, started a file titled Renovation, Beall High School. Ten years later Principal James Preaskorn pulled the same file, now thickened with memos, bulletins, and directives, from his cabinet. In the interim, Frost- burgers patiently waited for Allegany’s renovation, Flintstone’s remodeling, and Beall Elementary’s new building. Finally it came. Word from the IAC was that “yes”, remodeling would proceed. Again, another delay: the Board of Education wanted to burn coal. In 1979 the IAC gave their final approval but with the stipulation of a gas back-up system. Meanwhile the 44 year-old building slowly deteriorated. After nearly a decade, in June of 1984, students and staff vacated the old building. The shuffling made renovation closer. Finally in November, heavy construction equipment moved onto the parking lot. All systems were go. BEFORE UNLOADING the U-Haul. work- crs pull down the ramp so they could move the bigger things. Men worked for hours moving things from Beall to Eckhart. Qpening