Anderson County High School - Beartracks Yearbook

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Board Changes ConTroversies . . . a word ThaT The Anderson CounTy School Board knows well. Among Those ThaT were highlighfed This year were decisions To pur- chase new band uniforms for S25,000, To Take Three days off spring break for snow days, To buy a com- puTer sysTem for The office, and To refuse The insTall- menT of air condiTioning in The schools, again. 'lWe can'T please everyone all The Time, buf we Try To do whaT we Think is besT aT The Time, said SuperinTendenT Paul Polly. Some sTudenTs aT ACHS feel ThaT They have a way To help The Board please more people more of The Time. The idea, which appeared in an ediTorial on The Bearfacfs page in The local paper, suggesfs placing a sTudenT as a i'siT in on The Board. A sTudenT on The school board could share his ideas abouT issues ThaT affecT oTher sTudenTs, said sophomore Donny Murphy. AlThough noThing's happened yeT, maybe The Board will consider iT for nexT year. SuperinTendenT of Anderson Counfy for eighT years, Mr. Paul Polly is proud of his achievemenTs. FRONT ROW' Mr. Thomas CoTTon, Mr Bobb HyaTT, Mr. Gary ChilTon BACK ROW - - Y Roberf Champion, Mr. J.R. PinksTon. Welcoming The new freshmen, Mr. Sonny Fenlress gives one of his lasT speeches before leaving The high school and going To The Board To become AssusTanT SuperinTen denT. 4041 - Board Of Educafion

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During pre-regisTraTion, Mr. Bob Sarver, guidance counselor, gives a shorT speech To This year's freshmen abouT Their classes. Filing a sTudenT's record of aTTendance, Mr. Barriger begins anoTher day. He was in charge of keeping up wiTh The sTudenTs' aTTendance. B Feeding sTudenTs' grades inTo The com- puTer is someThing Mrs. Jeannie Walns- coTT spends a IoT of her Time doing. Mrs. Walnscott was hired This year To work The compuTer and assisT The Teachers wiTh 2 running off TesTs. 2, , While waiTing for her senior inviTaTion re- ceipT, senior Susie Searcy waiTs for Mrs. Joretia Russell, secreTary, To fill ouT her receipt , AdminisTraTion - 403

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Preparing For The STudenTs MosT people enjoy eaTing. For This reason, cooks have a big responsibiliTy To prepare a good nuTri- Tious meal ThaT we all enjoy. Daphne CarTer, Iunchroom manager, Tries To prepare as many differenT and nuTriTious meals as possible. Being Typical Teenagers, our sTudenTs are noT always pleased wiTh The cafeTeria lunches. 'llf we had more sTudenT inpuT, we could prepare more meals ThaT The sTudenTs prefer, Mrs. CarTer said. ln addiTion To Mrs. Carter, Jean Blakeman, Glad- ys Cummins, Kaiherine Sparrow, Virginia Franklin, and ChrisTine Montgomery prepare The school lunches. Jeff Cummins, head cusTodian, and Wanda Breeding, assisTanT cusTodian, work many hard and long hours each day mopping floors, cleaning res- Trooms, sweeping, and doing various oTher Things. Taking a break, Jeff Cummins enjoys a box of popcorn during a baskeTball game. STarTlng early in The morning, Gladys Cummins begins working on lunch. Here she fills salT and pepper shakers. Preparing for lunch. Calherlne Sparrow, Mrs. Jean Blakeman, and ChrIsTIne Monlgomery waiT for The lunch rush. Taking Time off from cooking lunch, Daphne CarTer and Vlrglnla Franklin pose for The camera. Lunchroom - 405