Bandys High School - Trojan Yearbook (Catawba, NC)

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Ever Wonder What The Principal Thinks? Here are some highlights of an interview with the head man at Bandys, Principal William E. Carter. Mr. Carter, do you think that students who aver- age below 70 in a subject should be retained next year in that subject? “Yes, if he's unable to do the work for one year, then he will not be able to do the next year's work. You know that each year's work is harder than the year before's. There's no use just passing him to get him out of the way. The Bandys student body was comprised mostly of the ninth through twelfth grades who had their elementary education at either Balls Creek or Sherrills Ford, and the seventh and eighth grades from Balls Creek. The seventh and eighth grades are moving to the new Charles Tuttle Middle Grades School for the 1976-1977 school year. That move will vacate 10 rooms in the old wing here at Bandys. Mr. Carter, what will be done with those rooms? We are going to try to centrally locate classes so all classes of a department — such as math or history — will be in the same area. That way the teachers may be able to trade teaching materials easier. Mr. Carter also stated that subjects which do not now have proper classrooms will be moved into these rooms. Mr. Carter, what changes do you foresee in aca- demics? We're toying with study halls. We would like to have six subjects and maybe put two or three people in each academic class. This would be their study hall, and they could study while the rest of the people had class. Now about discipline. Mr. Carter, suppose that I'm here in the office because I've broken a rule. What will happen to me? If you're in the office, you're more than likely guilty, because someone has told on you, or you've been caught in the act. We're democratic about the discipline. We give the student his choice: He can either write, take licks, or take suspension. It's his choice. 30 Administration