Blue Springs High School - Campus Cadence Yearbook (Blue Springs, MO)

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Parents and alumni join .students at special assemblies, adding to already crowded conditions. Seating arrangements at assemblies often find students taking refuge on the floor from crowded conditions. Builders working on the Civic Center cannot build fast enough to accommodate all the students coming into BSHS. Enrollment increases, which went up 30 per cent over previous years, posed a problem in the gymnasium as the year progress- ed. Students are stepped on numerous times trying to squeeze out of the new Herschel Neil Gymnasium. Commons areas are used to ease crowded classes in the academic 8 — Expansion Essay

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The upstairs landing provided ex- tra eating area as well as study hall room. -Juniors Patrice Wolz and Beth Hinney take advantage of the quiet to play a hand of gin rummy. First Quarter Groundbreaking for the new Blue Springs Civic Center began early in the year. The center will house the auditorium, cafeteria, and classrooms. ■ iB H ■ ■ Everybody was proud of the new Herschel Neil Gymnasium. Dr Larry Clark, principal, gazes ap- preciatively at the wildcat seal in the center of the playing floor. First Quarter Division — 7

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■ 0SV svo iCv c yC ves V . . ' More students, teachers, buildings, and parking facilities were on hand for the official opening of school last fall. Being stepped on and wedged-in became a part of the Blue Springs Cam- pus High School ' s way of life as expansion in all its forms hit home. Finding chairs for every student this year was a paramount problem that was finally solved. Building buildings fast enough to accommodate the ever-increasing influx of students to the com- munity was a major problem. An increase of 30 per cent more students since the campus opened in 1971 raised overall enrollment figures to an approximate 930 students this year. With only 260 seniors and an anticipated sophomore class of near 400 next year, the increase is ever-continuing. The problems of finding an adequate supply of chairs this year was com- pounded by the fact that 230 classes were offered students this academic term as compared with only 217 possible teaching stations. As a result, use was made of the open com- mons areas to schedule classes. The addition of two new gymnasiums this year helped ease the load in the Liberal Arts Building. FJental of the Assembly of God Church Gym- nasium provided added facilities for the girls ' physical education classes. The opening of the Herschel Neil Gymnasium in November provided the boys with their own facilities. Construction on the campus is an ongoing XCV process. As the year progressed students view- ed construction of the new Blue Springs Civic Center, west of the Liberal Arts Building. In spring, plans were announced for the new Montgomery Practical Arts Building construction to begin this summer. Classes were crowded prior to the opening of the new campus buildings and although the new buildings helped ease the dilemma, the problem of overcrow- ding was still in existence. The largest faculty in Blue Springs High School ' s history, and Erobably the youngest, attled the crowded con- ditions with understanding and a smile. Growing, yes. Expan- ding, certainly. Problems, definitely. But BSHS con- tinued to function within its own physical limitations. Expansion Essay — 9