Caruthersville High School - Cotton Blossom Yearbook (Caruthersville, MO)

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CHS Teachers Enjoy Time Together Reflections was an appropriate theme for CHS faculty and administration this year. After months of internal study and self-evaluation, CHS teachers and administration met with North Central Association members in November. Besides meeting with evaluators, teachers worked closely with students, sponsoring dances and assemblies, helping in the concessions stand, coaching teams, directing plays, and attending almost all school functions. CHS teachers were also involed in professional associations, with 100 percent MSTA membership and active participation in local CCTA activities. CHS had a close-knit faculty who enjoyed mutual experiences. The teachers’ pot-luck dinners held at noon brought the faculty together before Christmas and at the end of school. Teachers also savored an early morning Valentine’s Day breakfast, sponsored by the French Club. Teachers’ birthdays were special, with faculty members taking turns baking cakes for each other and devouring them as rapidly as possible. In the lounge, teachers relaxed and enjoyed each other's company. In the spring, winter card-sharks became Boggle addicts, and the lounge reflected alternately short periods of silent concentration and loud groans. Resigning and retiring teachers shared one collective regret - they would miss the pleasant atmosphere and warm associations they had found at CHS. w

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School Board Faces Challenges The Caruthersville School Board dealt with special problems this year, as well as the routine difficulties in running a school district. In the fall, the North Central Association Visiting Committee arrived to evaluate the high school. Board members served on committees, which met with the evaluators and discussed Strengths and weaknesses of our school. Also in the fall, the Board abolished its fee policy the district as a result of a Missouri Supreme Court decision for which Caruthersville was the test-case. Weather, as well as legalities, affected board operations. In the winter, the Board revised the cal- endar for the rest of the year based on a record ten school days lost in January because of snow and ice. In the spring, the Board reviewed contracts and considered the problem of excessive teacher turnover in the district. Also in the spring, the Board and teacher representatives met with parents and lega. advisors to discuss alleged discrimination in the schools. The parents called for a boycott of black students in which about 45 per cent participated. The Board ended their year as guests of the teachers at the CCTA spring banquet, and the following week granted diplomas to 108 graduating seniors. 16 Dr. Alan Gubin Julian Boyd James Bruton