Rowland High School - Saga Yearbook (Rowland Heights, CA)

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.aA i ROWLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT - ' m.

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Richard Rodriquez Srudenr and rhe Low, P,OP Doro Morsono ROP Coordinoror William Rooney Resrauronr Operonons, ROP Cafeteria. Row 1 Vi Drown, Lucy Rodriquez, Eva Perri Row 2: Lil Rooch, June Takuchi, L:l Mesneski, Morgorer Udo Row 3: Berry Lone, Debbie Ross, Karen DIankenship, Millie Drirron, Morgorer 5corr. Compus Aides 135

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Who would hove ever rhoughr rhor one of rhe gravest social Issues of 20rh Cenrury Americo would center oround o bus, that Dehemoth on wheels that has made travel possible for thousonds, that hos mode com- nnuting oaoss town or to work easier, that hos provided transportation to school for untold omounts of students, and that has transported othletic reams, bands and other groups to contests and adventures oround the country? The very nature, though, of its fundtion in society mode the bus the battleground of post World War II. The bus systems thot operated across Americo beginning In the 1930 ' s were some of rhe best means of transportation in exisronce. Bus ter- minals teamed with people awaiting the arrival or departure of, among others, rhe sleel-( silver Greyhound. Municipalities ocross rhe country scrombled to put tronsporrorion just a short walk from o person ' s door, while schools began to purchase big yellow buses to irtture students a way to and from school ond to provide tronsporration for athletic teams, school bonds, ond field trips. After rhe problems of World Wor II, rhe bus sysrems inaeosed their routes ond services; pienished rhi died during rhe war. All v until rhe 1950 ' s wher £s rhe South becoa oil America, ond r the roadways of Montgomery, Ala boma, becQi ' ' equality. u iy of being pushed to the bri bus because of their color ji ed to stop patronizing tne AiwpifWPP ery Bus System. The sidewalk.s of Montgomery hod never bc-en s;.- busy OS when the Dlad population took to the sidewalks in droves. The action against the bus s stem lasted from December 5, 1955 ro Decer,ioc-r 18, 1956, when rhe Unired Srores Su- preme Courr upheld a lower court decision that the Montgomery segre- gation lows concerning bu ' es were unconstitufionol. Blocks and wrMts- for the firsr time in the South, scjfl rhe buses os equals. It wosn ' t long before buses ogoin figured in segregation problems, bur this rime it dealt wirh schools. Courrs began ordering school districts across rhe country to achieve racial balance by busing srudenrs ro non-neighbor- s prevail, argued 5par.;er. ' :., n.nc vourrs added nded de- conrro- vc-rsy s srill ver : ' . )( rwenry-five yeor.v ofter Buses still ply the major highways of America, but their ni ' mbers hove dwindled. Schools srill bus re alleviate segregorior,, b«jr in lesser numbers. SrJd ' »nts irill go ro oihie.ic events, po- rodes ond on field rrips on buses, bur money t j fund this oreo has lessened. Cries 5;;il struggle o maintain o bus .-ystem for rhe non-driv|n — — . ■ ' --- but infJQticn has tend 5. ' ' groups c;e r,ow workiriy on o ir ief [ Tiodes of tronsporration, but none of these ore as versatile as the bus. The very freedom ir offers in oil oreos ensures rhor man will be able ro conrinue ro journey by bus for some rime to come.