Bonanza High School - Golden Visions Yearbook (Las Vegas, NV)

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Changes There Bring Changes Here Change was caused by a major turnover in the Clark County School Board personnel. The election of four new trustees brought district-wide changes, of which some were reflected at Bonanza. The new School Board hoped to be a progressive, problem- solving organization and hoped to meet the challenge of implementing new and better programs. They were very con- cerned about declining student achievement. They felt that the secondary curriculum had to be revamped in order for schools to produce a greater number of functionally literate people. They intend to work on upgrading educational standards which would require students to be proficient in order to graduate. New policies included special regulations for student eligi- bility in sports. This eliminated manipulation in making ath- letes eligible at different schools through zone variances. Pre- viously, if a student obtained a zone variance he was allowed to compete provided he had notarized proof of change of guardianship. Under the new ruling he was compelled to wait a full semester before competing in the new schooI's athletic A ilyf E. ii A CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES - Front row: Don Faiss, Dr. James Lyman, Janet Sobel. Back row: Tom Semmens, Helen C. Cannon, Virginia Brooks Brewster, Robert Forbuss. L CLARK COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS: Dr. Claude G. Perkins. 44 school board program unless authorized by a Court of Jurisprudence con- cerning the change of guardian. Last year's state school board stipulated that starting in 1982 graduating students will either receive a full diploma or a certificate of attendance. The difference will be determined by a minimum competency test. In July of 1978 the Board of Trustees selected Dr. Claude G. Perkins as the new Clark County school Superintendent. His goal was to get students more actively involved in a stronger academic program. He stressed a stronger core based curriculum emphasizing basic skills on the lower level and more total requirements on all levels. To achieve this Dr. Perkins recommended to the board a proposal that specified 13 instead of 9 required credits in math, history science and English, and raises the total required number of credits from 19 to 21. He also hoped to have a six period minimum day for underclassmen and a four period minimum day for seniors. In addition he wants to build into that a more comprehensive work study program as well as a stronger vocational program. 'sf

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Booker Takes on Dual Role The position of student activities direc- tor and the new audio-visual co-ordinator was filled by Mr. Kermit Booker. For the most part he did the same job as Mr. Gayle Moots did previously. In this position he scheduled, coordinated, and often attended most student activities such as the dances, proms, Mardi Gras, plays, as well as all the games and stu- dent elections. Providing service for the teachers as well as students, Mr. Booker worked in the library for two hours each day to make sure the audio-visual materials and equipment were in order and available to everyone. With two sons in college, he has been a basketball, softball, and track coach as well as a teacher and counselor. A Mr. Booker contemplates the implications of having Girls Reverse dance off-campus. 4 Keeping the equipment in repair, Mr. Booker replaced an inoperative lamp in a 16mm projector. mr. booker 45