Midlothian High School - Trojan Yearbook (Midlothian, VA)

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P .R .O. Pdrking Room Only The seniors felT privi- leged: The juniors and some sophomores felT like dirT. WhoT caused These conTrosTing emoTions'? PARKING! The chonge in The pork- ing rules credTed hdvoc. Previously anyone wiTh d license could geT o pork- ing permiT. However, The porking reguloTions hod To be olTered To prevenT On The big doy, mosT of The senior closs pushed ond shoved Their woy Through The seemingly endless line. IT wos choos, ond even dfTer woiTing, some sTill did noT geT d spoce. lvldny were ou- Trdged, buT evenTuolly oll of The seniors who wonT- ed one, goT o porking spoce. lVlosT of The re- molning spoces were giv- The over- Q en To ju- c ro wdin g 'W i ilil A niors in oTh- of The sm- A A leTiCs or denT pork- ' A g, 'T pL'l oTher afTer TNQ 'OT CDU , yyvygpyy 5 school pro- The Drob- lnlv Q r a m s . lems of sTu- llrrr l-lowever, denTs pork- f li il f--f j T h e s e ing all over A M Q W ,E s p a c e s The school 3 A TTR' were only Qrounds. , .l,. Temporarlf Therefore, and some The parking spaces were numbered and eoch per- son was dssigned a pork- ing spoce he would be re- quired To use oll yeor. Moreover, due To The limiTed number of spdces, only ci specified group of people were ollowed To hove o porking spoce. Principols ossigned porking spdces To sTu- denTs on The work pro- grom firsT. Second, The spoces were given To seniors. However, when The seniors goT Their chance To ocquire pork- ing spoces, iT was noT sim- ply a maTTer of going by The office ond geTTing d spoce. ln order To make iT foir ond equiToble, a spe- cial Time wos seT aside for seniors To purchose park- ing spoces. The Time wos seven dm. and The ploce was The closed commons. 4 2 STudenT LifefPorking of Them were locoTed o mile dwoy, nexf To The Tennis courTs. lvlr. KosTe said Thor There would olwoys be problems and There wos no besT wdy To allocaTe The spoce. There dre op- proximoTely 700 ouT of Q60 juniors ond seniors who wanT To drive: how- ever, There ore only 4180 spoces. lT is alwdys hor- desT To occepT change during iTs' firsT yeorf' lvlony juniors, os well os sophomores were ou- Troged: however, Mr. KosTe felT ThoT driving is o privilege noT a righT. Affer woiTing so long To geT Their licenses, sopho- mores ond juniors would noT be oble To drive To school. Thus, They were lefT riding The deTesTed bus agoin. lT'S 7 A.M., AND LAURA BOLING AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER SEN- IORS anxiously wail in mile long lines in hopes of gelling one of 480 parking stickers from assislanl principal Mr. Kosle. 33,-5 5, , ,,,. 11, K A K 8 .5 r I 2: . 'B' ' ' 1 - A -s -. x -ssl .i . x. T 5 , s s , W, ,4- .,., if A. 'z.':s , . .wean-sm.. ,,,,. .Mv- rf- , T 'T s , .D l It 6 qufff ri-E5-1 5,-Y I k' - 0

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if A :-, w 'f flk .' 7 X I , , Homecoming 4987 Was FirsT Class Rainbow colored lighTs flashed, and a spoTIighT focused on couples as They pushed Their way To The middle of The dance floor. This was The Home- coming Dance, The final evenf in a week of cele- brafions. DespiTe The disappoinf- menT of losing Friday nighT's game To Thomas Dale, The revelers had noT losT The exciTemenT of SaTurday nighT's dance. The heaT and close auar- Ters had an effecT on ev- eryone as The girls chose To dance comforfably in Their sfocking feeT and The guys followed The ex- ample of Sfeve Denunzio who concluded 'il went dancing in a suiT, buT by The end of The second song I had rid myself of my jackef and loosened my Tie I did manage To have a wonderful Time, regardless of The heaT. The only oTher inconve- nience of The evening was The presence of physical injury. Some were bofhered by braces of sorTs: yeT oThers, like Bryan Graham and Jeff Hall were boTh aT an ad- vanTage wiTh Two exfra legs To dance wiTh as They hobbled around The dance floor on cruTches. However, injury was merely a formaliTy - iT was no limiT To Those who wished To 'iboogie The enTire nighT. 'iFirsT Class Topped off The evening by playing The sounds ThaT everyone could move To and wanT- ed To hear. A parTy Train was formed as dancers filed behind one anoTher and shuffled around The room, making sure all on- lookers viewed Their uniaue sTeps. The band creaTed an even greaTer frenzy as They inviTed firsf girls and Then guys To come forward on The dance floor. Once every- one had advanced, They presented a 'Trear-view show ThaT broughT shoufs and applause from The crowd. As Homecoming neared iTs end: senfimen- Talisfs broughT down decorafions as souvenirs of The evening and The preceding week. STu- denfs lefT The school and headed for IaTe parfies, buf They Took wiTh Them The memories of The lvIidknighT lvlasaueradef' SENIOR, GEORGE KERR LEAPS OVER THE THOMAS DALE DEFENDER as he carries the ball closer to the Mid- lothian goal post. Despite great of- fensive efforts Thomas Dale man- aged to outscore the Trojans 0-19. FRESHMAN, JIMMY DAMERON, TEACHES HIS DATE, PAIGE CASH some new fancy dance sleps. The band First Class played a num- ber of great dance tunes and Mid- Iothian's students took this oppor- tunity to show off some of their fan- cy footwork. Homecoming VVeekenclfSTudenT Life ,I ll

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, I1 fl K VL swag-'W'--,,:..g.a-aft!-33,5- Q at ' y..-L f' - I , , - fn Q Q V- HIGH' -nr Q -4 Pholograph by Pal Middle- brooks A PANORAMIC AREIAL VIEW OF THE STUDENT PARKING LOT shows the afler-school lrallic pallerns. The school buses ring lhe lol while cars line up lo exil afler Ihe buses deparl. MANY SPACES IN THE STUDENT PARKING LOT GO UNFILLED EACH DAY because ol the new ar- rangemenl of assigning park- ing spaces sludenls may use only once a year. I I ' I ,sf WAITING FOR THE BUSE5 TO LEAVE, sludenls find lime lo so- cialize, gossip, and calch up on weekend happenings beside their cars - lhose sludenls lucky enough lo have a place lo park Iheir cars, lhal is. ParkingfSTuden1 Life ll 3