East Brunswick High School - Emerald Yearbook (East Brunswick, NJ)

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three-year high school and the intermediates, to becoming junior highs. Even that change in structure did not end the problem of growth. A second major addition was built in 1970. Now population seems to have stabilized at 2,250 — about 700 per class. Since its beginning, EBHS has had the reputation of being “that lit- tle college on the hill. It has been something on an educational innovator, pioneering in this part of the country a humanities program as well as one in cooperative edu- cation, both of which have served as models for similar programs in other schools. Over the years about 70 percent of its graduates have continued their education. Well- supported by the community, the high school has never been forced into double sessions. Its athletic teams have been uncommonly success- ful, rarely posting losing seasons. Growth, like progress, has proven to be a mixed blessing. It has brought with it problems that, at times, have seemed overwhelming. It has brought changes that have pleased some and dismayed others. It has come during a decade when values have altered and when every- one seems to have firm opinions about everything. EBHS today is a far different place from what it was ten years ago.

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We've got more than before Growth, as we said, has been a mixed blessing. It has brought more than we had before - good and bad depending on what one talks about. For more students, the school has supplied a greater variety of courses. We have already mentioned humanities and cooperative ed. Along with them, consider lively arts, the computer programming courses, graphic arts, chem study and — this year - the variety of mini-courses. We have been given more freedom. Smoking regulations have been relaxed, the old dress code abolished, and conventional study halls done away with. At midyear, Project OPEN was inaugurated that provided a variety of options for students during their free time: talk or quiet studies, a lounge, resource centers, study nooks, or just plain freedom to wander the campus. The growth of the plant has provided more exits, increasing the number of chances to cut class — unobserved. With more people in the student body and faculty, there have been more problems with communication and hence more memoranda, notes, and paper work. And — ask anyone who drove to school — more cars!