Columbus North High School - Log Yearbook (Columbus, IN)

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Board revises secondary level A major decision made by the school board this year was that to reorganize secondary schools in Bartholomew County. The decision was made to move freshmen from the junior high schools to the high schools and to consolidate all seventh and eighth graders into two junior high schools, Northside and Central. The building presently used as Southside Junior High School will be slightly modified and used as an elementary school for former Kent and Wayne students. According to Direc- tor of Personnel and Commun- ity Relations for the school corporation, Bernard Hala schak, nothing extensive will be done to the building. All of the secondary reorganization will be implemented in the 1983-84 school year. According to Mr. Halaschak, this year has been a very critical and busy time because of the reorganization. Open hearings were held and studies were made, and although many options were to be considered, Mr. Halaschak believed that the decision made would be highly successful . This year the board imple- mented a program in all the county secondary schools called Student Success Study . This program was de- signed to discover what ' s suc- cessful for high school stu- dents and what causes some students to drop out of school. Groups made up of teachers, students and parents met at each of the secondary schools as part of the program, and decisions they reached may affect the reorganization in 1983-84. Concerning North High School, the school board made the decision to proceed with renovation and addition plans. These plans include adding a natatorium, an auditorium, parking facilities and improving the existing RE. facilities. At East, changes, including the relocation of the library, are being made to accomodate freshmen. Board trustees for 1981- 82 were Mr. Marshall Perry, pres- ident; Mr. Raymond Zeiqler. vice-president; Mr. Wayne Ja- quess, secretary; Mrs. Louise Dalton, Mr. Roy Arnholt, Miss Evelyn Seward and Mr. James Weaver, members; Dr. Tho- mas Roman, treasurer; Dr. Lawrence Heyerdahl, superin- tendent; and Mr. Charles Wells, Sr., school attorney. Far Above: Ivlembers of the 1981 82 school board were, front. Miss Evelyn Seward, Mr. Mike Perry, Mrs. Louise Dallon; back, Mr. Wayne Jaquess. Mr Ray Zeigler. Mr. Jim Weaver, Mr. Roy Arnholt. Above: Principal Mr. LeRoy Nelson istens as a teacher seeks advice. Right: Mr, John Hinds helps a student with his scheduling. (i 20 Administration

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The Bite has always been there Academics Division. 19

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Left: Assistant principal Mr, Jim Powell schedules classes for teachers on the master schedule, located in the main office conference room. Taylor enjoys 26 years at North One of Columbus North ' s two assistant principals, Arthur Taylor, is one of the few faculty members who has been at Co- lumbus North for over 25 years. He has worked at North for 26 years, and he has been assist- ant principal for 10 years. Be- fore attaining his position, he was chairman of the business department for 13 years. Mr. Taylor performs three major tasks as assistant princi- pal. He works with the curricu- lum, the faculty members, and all financial activities. Although Mr. Taylor be- lieves, I really enjoy my posi- tion, he admits that the worst part of his job is receiving phone calls at 6:15 a.m. from sick faculty members who need substitute teachers. Mr. Taylor not only works with student supervision, he is Right: Assistant Principal Arthur Tay- lor checks through the files in his office (see story above). also in charge of teacher su- pervision and evaluation. Even though he attends many school activities, Mr. Taylor finds the time to devote to his hobbies. His hobbies include golf, other sports, cards, and summer yard work. You always have time to do, is a statement that Mr. Taylor has found to be true in his own life. Mr Taylor is married and has one son, Scott, who is 20 years old. Although close to his fami- ly, Mr. Taylor feels that being a teacher or administrator has not given him an advantage in raising his son. Mr. Taylor credits the stu- dent-faculty relationship at North as being the main reason that he has stayed at North for the past 26 years. Administration, ' 21