Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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Contract settlement finally negotiated After working without a contract since September, the Board of Education for the Placentia Unified School District finally ap- proved a negotiated agreement between the teachers' association and the school district at their meeting on December 18. The teachers wanted an 876 pay increase, the increase that was the average increase found throughout Orange County. The contracts were finalized with a 6727 salary increase, 279 lower than what was asked. Before the contract was agreed upon, half of the faculty picketed in front of the school before and after school hours in an effort to show their support for those negotiating the contracts. Most teachers feel that a 676 increase was not a sufficient increase in these days of double digit inflation. Only QZ of the teachers voted to accept the clistrict's offer, 61? voted to accept the offer but went on record as being displeased with it. goin of the teachers voted not to accept the proposal. ef, 1 , .i'i ,.,vf ' faculty - 31

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Q Ken Bergevin Mike Bumg Frances Hamilton Pat Hedges Joan Higbee Jean Hubiak Sandy Keil Kathy Lopez Joanne Montoy in M ike Moses J im Ramos 1. Art teacher, Joan Higbee, advises Kirsta Van Wechel on the dimensions of shadows. Higbee, along with Marsha Poole and Sandy Keil sponsor the art club. 2. Industrial Arts teacher Dennis Walters warns Brian Campbell of the dangers of the machine. Industrial Arts teachers sponsor the VICA Club. 3. Kathy Lopez vocalizes the notes for her guitar class. Along with guitar, Lopez also directs three choir classes and an English I class. 4. Instrumental music director, Ken Bergevin, talces a moment during his orchestra class to glance down at his score. The orchestra is obviously playing something other than what Bergevin is directing. 5. Drafting teacher Steve Vallely explains to Mike Walsh, the architecture of a split level house. Each year the architecture class members are encouraged to enter county competitions. 30 - faculty Susan Payer-Stauter Steve Vallely Dennis Walters

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Reed replaces I-Iarris Filling the position vacated by Jody Harris when she took a leave of absence couldn't be easy. But Becky Reed took over advising the five squads of pepsters, as well as the ninteen member drill team, in stride. In addition to these time consuming activities Reed also taught dance and coached the J.V. gymnastics team. Juggling all these groups requires a great deal of organization. It is a lot of work but I am one who likes to be involved. Despite how busy it all keeps me, I have enjoyed all the activities. The students are the keyg they make it worthwhile. Luckily, pepsters and drill team are more concentrated in the fall season and gymnastics and dance are involved during the spring, said Reed. Taking over the pepsters was not as difficult as Reed had feared it would be. I feel challenged and excited about it. My own involvement goes from college back to junior high and I hope my experiences and knowledge will help further the talents and the success of the Pep Squadsf, Reed said. Reed oversaw the various fund raisers of all the groups and instituted a new selection system that she felt would be much fairer for Pepsters. She also had the Pepster tryouts return to the spring of the year so that Pepsters served from fall to spring, reversing the less traditional method instituted by Harris, i. Dance teacher Becky Reed beings a warm-up in her third period class, Reed also advises pepsters, drill team and coaches gymnastics, 2. Freshman Basketball Coach jay Wenzel explains a complicated mathematical theory to his trigonometry class, Wenzel also coaches the -l.V. baseball team. 3. Doubling as a Varsity Football Coach Marc Hill also teaches biology. Hill is also the sophomore basketball coach, 32 -V faiulty 2. Qi' L4 -1