Oneonta High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Oneonta, AL)

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Where Country And City Meet F(Qi(m i1 f Of the sixty faculty members, twelve lived in nearby metropolitan areas. These teach- ers did not see the distance as a monetary setback. They merely car pooled to work. According to Mrs, Jackie Siegelman, who has car pooled to and from Birmingham for the past nine years, ' It is a good way to keep up on current events — in and out of school. It gives you an opportunity to be- come closer to the people you work with. I also have time to relax before I get home in the afternoon and also before I get to school in the mornings. ' As the regular session of the Alabama Legislature began, there were bright hopes that the educational appropriations bill would receive priority attention. However, the Legislature returned to its traditional tactics of delaying action on the bill. Origin- ally, the bill contained funds to provide a sixteen percent pay raise for educational employees. Because of conflicting amend- ments, the funding was accidentally re- duced to provide only a fifteen percent pay raise. Many teachers felt that the increased problems with salaries and benefits and the decreased amount of respect given teach- ers by students has caused a shortage of people going into the teaching profession. Contents Administration 136 Faculty 133 Secretaries 143 Maintenance Staff 144 Lunchroom Staff 144 Janitorial Staff 144 Library Aides 145 Office Aides 145 Faculty 135

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PLUMP AS A PUMPKIN, Mrs. Leslie Pierce leads her first grade class in the annual Halloween parade through the school. 134 Faculty

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OUen Ray Ratliff Retires After ten years of dedicated service, nine of whiicfi fie served as cfiairman to tfie Board of Education, Ollen Ray Rat- liff declined to accept nomination for anotfier term. ' I am proud of fiaving a small part in tfie fine plant we fiave, ' was Mr. Rat- liff ' s reply wfien asked of fiis most sig- nificant contribution to our scfiool. He feels tfiat we fiave come a long way in all areas, not just plant wise, but also academically. Scores have continued to improve. He is very proud of tfie fact that our school rates in the top 10% of the state academically. He feels that many school systems spend much more and accomplish far less. In Mr. Ratliff ' s opinion, ' Students are our tomorrow. Anything we do less than our best is failure. ' r T Ollen Ray Ratliff: Chairman of the Board of Education Bill Burdette: Right On Top Where He Belongs 136 Administration