Blackfoot High School - Bronco Yearbook (Blackfoot, ID)

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n Don't push! We all did our best to ease ourselves through the crowded halls. Bodies squished togeth- er in the halls and stairs; classrooms filled to over- flowing; restrooms crammed with people; lockers opened and slammed continually. What’s going on here? Overcrowding is the name - space is the game. When did the school be- come overcrowded? It probably happened when the freshmen were moved back to the high school last year, making it a four-year high school. Every year the incoming class is much larger than the outgoing class. This creates a prob- lem involving SPACE. Some things have been done to try and create more space. A new addi- tion has been added to the school. Walls have been knocked out to create more classrooms. Split-session lunch periods have become a standard procedure. Some students are trying their hardest to relieve the symptoms of claustropho- bia by putting other stu- dents into garbage cans, hanging them from balco- nies, and, occasionally, flushing them down the nearest toilet. Obviously, it hasn't helped. People are still getting thinner and thinner from walking through the halls. We need space. Where is it? Isn't a crowded science room fun? Mr. Flint's physical science class at work. 22

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BUXlsDIXVQ ©»M Coming back in the fall, we were all greeted with the construction of what would eventually become new classrooms and a li- brary. Little did we know all the confusion we would endure for the first semester. While teachers and students waited for the new classrooms to be fin- ished, we tried to ignore the hammering, sawing, and jack hammering that had become a constant background hum to our studying. Dust from the construction floated through the air. There were days the basement seemed as if it were fogged in. Seniors were ordered to move out of their lock- ers. They became known as the first ' Bag People of Blackfoot High School. Although upset, they moved in with friends and lived through the hassle. Teachers that had been itinerate for two years were counting the days. The library began packing up in December, but didn't actually move until February. We couldn't wait to see the new addi- tion and begin using the space we had needed for so long. 24 Are those really Brian Hoover's feet attached to his head? Brian sneaks a look at the new library.