Booneville High School - Reveille Yearbook (Booneville, AR)

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North Central Evaluation, CaUSe important Budget Cuts, | ' New School Standards, Changes I North Central evaluation, budget cuts, and new state standards combined to make 1986-87 an interest- ing school year for the staff, faculty, and students. Every seven years, our school is given “the once over by the North Central Association, with whom it's accredited. This evalua- tion was really a self-study by the school administra- tion and faculty to deter- mine what can be done to make BHS a better school. This self-study was then reviewed by a team of 20 experienced educators of every level, who then made their own recommenda- tions from it and a two-day sit-in on March 25 and 26. The re-evaluation never results in the loss of ac- creditation. However, the NCA (North Central Asso- ciation) is always pushing members to exceed stan- dards, Mr. Pete Prewett said. The recommenda- tions help the administra- tion and the school board focus on our resources and see what we can realistical- ly plan to do. As well as the short-term plans that were made, the NCA evaluators contribute to long-range strategies by suggesting things such as higher level math and sci- ence courses, a more di- verse foreign language op- tion, and expanded busi- ness and vocational offer- ings. These changes, however, are probably far in the fu- ture. Of more pressing im- portance are the state fund- ing cuts caused by a budget shortfall in the same year as the new state standards are due. The Arkansas Constitu- tion, unlike the U. S. Con- stitution, requires a bal- anced budget; therefore in 1986 87 shortfalls result in cuts. In the January 1987 round of cuts totalling 55 million dollars, 27.3 million was removed from the schools; Booneville's share of this hacked away at a budget al- ready laden with cuts and brought the loss for the year to $110,000. In an effort to counter these losses, the school board requested a 3.6 in- crease in the millage rate voted on in March to bring the millage rate up to 24.3. Mr. Prewett said, however, that the school system would have no trouble meeting new state stan- dards activated in 1987. The budget cuts will have no immediate effect, but somewhere down the road we may feel it, he said. The entire school has grown dramatically in re- cent years, but this, also, will not bring any results while the current standards are still in effect. Jm 65 Year in review

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Betsy Hicks sings Rocky Top in the Mr. and Miss BHS Contest which was sponsored by the Senior Beta Club. Clubs You can't be serious From the future” clubs to the service clubs, all you need to do is look around and you're almost certain to find an organization you would like. All clubs have some pur- pose, even if on the outside it just looks like a good way to get out of a home- room period. But to do what needs to be done, the clubs have to have some income — fun- draisers. They might host a talent show like the Junior Beta Club or sell candy, the band's project. Band member Mike Rob- bins said, The fundraisers are sometimes a real pain. But with us trying to get new uniforms, it helps. To see how their members compare to members of clubs in other schools, four of our organizations attend conventions and contests. The FFA judges livestock at the Arkansas-Oklahoma Fair. One FBLA member, Brad Morgan, won in Data Pro- cessing at the 1986 Arkan- sas contest and then com- peted in Washington, D.C., last summer. The Beta Club travels to Little Rock every year to participate in the state con- vention. A member is picked to run for state of- fice. State officers run for national office. Our candi- date was Martha VanAllen, who ran for Secretary. The theme we picked for my campaign was 'If you like Van Halen . . . you'll love VanAllen.' We thought It was a unique ap- proach. Band members constantly play practical jokes on each other — including scream- ing, Yeah, Pooh Bear! as drum majorette Christy Weisenbach received tro- phies for marching con- tests. No matter how straight the advisors want to play it — with clubs, you can't be se- rious.