Culpeper County High School - Colonnade Yearbook (Culpeper, VA)

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FEAJURE Accept Change Skipping all of Friday, being tardy for the twelfth time, Mr. Piper taking yesterday’s absence excuse, buying two lunches and only eating the tacos . . . Remember last year? All of this has changed resulting in new policies and attitudes. Changes—the attendance and tardy policies, the dual busing system, the smoking lounge regulations, the cafeteria service. One could say that skipping class was practically impossible. CCHS had adopted a new attendance policy. It stated that any student who missed a class over nine days in a nine-weeks period received an F for that class. If a student was sick over that period, (s)he could make an appeal with a parent’s and doctor’s excuse. According to the tardy policy, if a student was tardy six times during the entire year, (s)he was suspended. With the introduction of kindergarten, the dual busing system was born separating high school students from elementary school students. A new privilege was obtained for smokers. If the smoking lounge grounds were kept clean, students could smoke between classes, but a smoking permit was still required. Considering the changes in the cafeteria, anti-spinach supporters received the a la carte line with open arms and open mouths. The a la carte line provided an alternative for otherwise reluctant students. Everyone was affected by these changes—whether they liked it or not. RIGHT: Two additions to the existing school traffic problems are the opening of the new junior high and the dual busing system. ABOVE: An unidentified shadow is cast by one of the few who dare to skip school with the new absentee policy. 6 Feature