Carroll High School - Anchor Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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r g The escalators in the new administration buildinggive employees a rest from walking up and down stairs, An exhibit in the adminis- tration building shows the grids and assignments for elementary students under computerized desegregation. Mr. L M. Pearce, assistant superintendent for business affairs, and his wife visit with Mrs. Mildred Gibson and Mrs. Margaret Sevier during open house for the new administration building. Downtown Administration - 77

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Building esoala tes staff s morale Moving from the aged administration building on Tancahua to what used to be the Corpus Christi Bank and Trust building marked a big change for the school district administrative staff in Iuly, 1975. The new building on Leopard Street housed all of the offices under one roof, instead of scattered portables of the previous building. Some of the modern features included wall-to- wall carpet in most of the offices, with contemporary chairs and couches in the waiting areas. The new building was also the home for the Data Processing Center, where computers printed report cards. Extra rooms were converted into a library and larger room for board meetings. Among other facilities were two cafeterias, one for executives and one for employees, and the newest convenience ever in the history of the Corpus Christi Independent School District, an escalator. Also in Iuly U.S. Iudge Owen Cox issued the long-awaited order in the school desegregation case. The plan, developed by County Medical Examiner Ioseph Rupp was programmed by computer to assign as many elementary pupils as possible to schools within two miles of their home. It required busing 1,500 to 2,000 of the district's approximately 17,000 pupils in grades 1-6, fewer than previously suggested plans. In Ianuary Iudge Cox ordered a desegregation plan be studied to include seventh graders for 1976-77. He also ordered the district to draw up a building plan to further integration. A x Mrs. Catherine Roberts, Mrs. Sheri Stokley and Miss jere Keeth listen with varying reactions to Dr. Dana Williams talk in the cafeteria. The school board held meetings at various schools in 1975 to allow public discussion Q of desegregation alternatives. , i 76 Academics

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Lyons comes over to Tiger staff In addition to running the school, Principal Al Hook spent a good bit of the year running around the city and state attending meetings and seminars. October 12-14 he attended a meeting of the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals in Dallas. Mr, Hook and Ray Principal Ed Hall went to Austin Ianuary 29-30 for a meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In addition, Mr. Hook went to a local Management Seminar at the Sheraton Marina February 12-13, as well as the customary principals' meetings called frequently by the school district. Besides such routine school activities as evaluating teachers, Mr. Hook's duties included worrying about football games. He paced the sidelines, chewing on grass and mumbling during crucial situations, caught an out-of-bounds pass during the Gregory-Portland game and even served as the target for a cream pie at the King pep rally. Another target was the new assistant principal, Mr. Dave Lyons, former coach, biology and physiology teacher from Ray. Mr. Lyons filled the gap left by Mr. Guillermo Gonzalez, who moved up to the first assistant principal position after Mr. lim Gibson became principal of Flour Bluff High School. Another change involved part-time Assistant Principal Sheri Lynn Stokley. At last she got her own desk in the office, for use during first and fourth periods. 78 Academics From a perpetual perch on t sidelines, Principal Al Hook crun ches a piece of grass while Watching a tense moment in the Gregory- Portland game. I Assured that she has a legitimate excuse for being , late to school, Mr. Guillerm Gonzalez writes out a tardy permit for Shirlie Lindley. VVhen Mr. Dave Lyons takes his original fencer's stance. Sam Ferris changes his mina about taking lessons. 5 E l Z l 1 1