Central High School - Booster Yearbook (La Crosse, WI)

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fbecficalian twig paincipaf 2. Scalll f This year is Mr. Scott's twentieth as head of Central l-ligh School. ln grateful appreciation of the efficiency and understanding with which he has always worked with us and for us, we dedicate this, our l946 Booster, to him.

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When Mr, Scott became principal, Central was a four-year high school and the only high school in La Crosse. The program had nine periods, the fifth and sixth being scheduled during the noon hour. With the building of Logan and Aquinas the enrollment dropped, however, a change in the city system soon sent it up again. The junior-senior high plan was adopted, and Central made room for grades seven through twelve. An enrollment of over l55O more than filled the building, and the addressing the senior class. . Principal Scott raking his garden and leaving for a prin- pals' meeting. faculty was increased to meet requirements. Following the reconversion of the Washington School and the building of Longfellow Junior l-ligh in l94O, grades seven, eight, and nine were removed to these buildings. Since then Central has housed only the senior high, the hour-period and the six-period program have been established. Among current changes af- fecting Central is the discontinuing of mid- year promotions, the last January class enter- ing in l946.