Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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“I don’t know why I let you talk me into coming down here to look at some 65-year-old school.” “Come on. Dad. You have to admit it didn’t look too bad from the outside.” “No, but now that we’re inside, it’s worse than I ever dreamed of.” “What do you mean?” “1 mean I saw windows boarded up. lockers torn apart, and plaster falling like it was going out of style. No kids of mine are going to this pig stye.” “You mean I can't go here just because it’s a little run down? You're not even looking at the education i might get here. ‘‘What kind of education? The kind that teaches you to write on restroom walls?” “Dad, how can you size up a whole school system by the way it looks? Maybe it’s like this because they don't have the money to fix it up.” “What do you mean? Don’t you remember the realtor telling us they just passed a levy for the schools last year? They must be getting some money from that.” “Well, there are some new lights, and that auditorium didn’t look too bad.” “Sure, but a couple of things like that don’t make it a brand new school. That parking lot alone is enough to make you think twice about coming here. There’re holes big enough to get lost in.” “Okay, but look at the custodians in this place. We must have seen at least five of them since we came in. They’re trying to clean this place up. and there are even kids picking up papers outside.” “From the looks of the school, the custodians don’t do such a great job. And from what I’ve heard, they’re the only employees who do work around here.” “What do you mean?” Learning 4 lntroduction

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4 iS L®? • •» ' -- , '- 0r (Jay h00 h ' cb J ce °ne thi in S 4 err. ‘y 0. 41 C® c - .- 3 -4i S$8S£ 4 ' 4 a» k:'Sy : 5 f v, head BRINGING NEWS OF our school to the public is paperboy Dave Saturday. Good news about us wasn't always seen by the subscribers as many of the BEACON’S stories reflected negative aspects of our school. INSET: Proclaiming to the world the arrest of five students, this article appeared on page two of the BEACON when many more positive events were occuring here. Introduction 3

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iLfcD INIU USr.LtSSNhSS, these lockers show just one aspect of the poor conditions. Lockers were ripped open to get to the valuable contents. INSET: A biting, cold morning starts with Mr. Mann spreading salt for students’ safety. Mr. Mann was only one of the custodians who helped to make conditions better at our school.