Pulaski Academy - Bruin Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

Page 148 text:

New kids on the block Mix four new administrators into a school of 9l3 students and what do you get? As any Pulaski Academy student could tell you, a year with lots of changes. When it came time to select a new headmaster, the Search Committee was sure of one thing. From the start, they headed South. After many long interviews and a lot of hard work, the Board of Directors chose Dr. Robert E. Dowda from Waycross, Ga., as headmaster. Dr. Dowda and the other new administrators-Miss Mary Ann Neale, lower school: Jim Brawner. middle school: and Arch Mclntosh, upper school-f immediately began organization and planning for the upcoming school year. Dr. Dowda said that their main goal was to develop and maintain stability in the school. A good stable foundation is necessary in order to continue building a strong program of education, he said. l see everybody pulling together and working for the same cause. Mclntosh said that the ways to go about accomplishing stability were communica- tion within the school and a plan to retain and recruit students. The school will benefit and grow if we can simply open up the lines of communication between students, teachers and parents, Mclntosh said. One area of change that had a direct affect on the students was discipline. Minor offenses replaced detention hall as the primary method of punishing students. They were dished out for a variety of reasons. Some students got a minor for chewing gum while others were caught speeding through the parking lot by Brawner, P.A.'s own parking lot patrolman. Though some students didn't mind the new policies, others felt they cramped their style. With the way the discipline policy has been going this year, if l got a speeding ticket in Florida over the summer, they would probably give me a minor offense when l got back next year, said Sheldon Smith, junior. Regardless of how students felt about discipline procedures, they realized that there wasn't much hope for any immediate changes. According to Mclntosh, he and all the other administrators had no plans to move on anytime in the near future, and they planned to stay at P.A. indefinitely. Bruin pride. Coach .lim Brawner. head of middle school, is presented with a plaque at the football banquet in November. 1441 People

Page 147 text:

brother. is swayed tor Brotherf Big Sister T25 Y-ffkvv gc I.,--f ,X Rob Vogel Amanda Watkins Chris Watkins Tiffany Watkins Allison West Doug Maurras R.J. McCrackin Brett Mentzer John Neal Autumn Nelson Sarah Nevab Mimi Norsworthy June Novab Jill Pennington Kimberly Rainey Rawleigh Ralls Kevin Ray Heather Richardson Tony Smith Pre-School! l43

Page 149 text:

l 'i 'ff 'Q ' , W I ' H lf?,1'?:vl 9 Q Q , L , 1 ..