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It didn't seem like much, at first. The announcement: came on the radio, but most of us slept through it. After all, it was Thanskgiving vaca- tion. Someone had set a fire in the school, a few rooms were burned in the English department, and we could sleep in a few more morn- ings while the custodians cleaned up the mess. With any luck, some of those strange novels went up in smoke with all the nouns and verbs. It seemed to fit the way the year had been go- ing. After all, we had already missed a week because of the flood of the century , and the school had been in the news twice in the past week because of burglaries. So what's a little fire? But it wasn't a little fire. The entire English pod had been destroyed. The offices, student center, academic ar- eas, and counseling center were ruled unsafe and were lost to us. The electives lounge had been torched and the entire electives area suffered smoke damage. They chased us out! The building was sealed, our locker contents were re- turned to us in garbage bags, and we waited to hear when we would be back. But we didn't go back. The workers left, the electricity was turned off, and the building just sat and waited ... while we sat and waited. It took some of us longer than others to realize that we would probably not be back for a long time ... may- be not this year maybe not ever. Old habits, like owning locker space and passing the entire student body in the commons, would have to be broken. Old concepts, like “home game” and “Ike dance would have to be forgotten. Old expectations like spend- ing our senior year at Eisen- hower and graduating in the gym would have to be re- thought. The worst part was not knowing. Above: A stroll down memory lane. Below: After the fire ... Bur Despite the Ashes and Despair ... Below: After the fire ...
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Right: “Can't hang rail. | gotta hang some- says Jenny Gronski. Below: “I sur- n where vived says Jeff Bry. Send We Survived And Degan Anew The first day at MacArthur left us feeling very alone. Going into their gym for our assembly didn't seem right. As always, there were re- porters asking us how we felt. We felt anger and alien- ation. It took a couple of weeks to become familiar with their campus. We had to remem- ber blue, yellow and orange doors. At times we would forget and call the kiva the student center. Although we know our way around it still wasn't home. As time went on back- packs began to rip and walk- ing to class was colder. We became experts at eating at weird times. We even be- came used to doors and walls. The Board of Education said it wanted to tell us what had happened at Eisenhower since we left. They only told us what we already knew — we probably wouldn't go back. Finally, we accepted the fact that we're here for the rest of the year. But it will never be home. I9
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