Franklin County High School - Animo Yearbook (Rocky Mount, VA)

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Endurance. The scorching heat during the first three weeks of school did not prevent Mr. Doug Conklin’s and Mrs. Jane Crawford’s classes from working outside. Beating the Heat. Though room 108 West has an air conditioner, it was no relief to Cynthia Walter. That’s the Breaks. The air conditioning in the voca- tional buildings often offers relief to students fortunate + enough to enjoy it. However when the heatwave hit, the A as central air conditioning went on the blink. ’ ‘ as? - The Heat Is On. The heat beat down like the rhythm ; of a drum. Billy Hanawalt tries to keep cool during the a i. = hot September days and loses his shirt in the process. ' ee be ee y Heatwave 25

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S ot x ©: We What's hot? What's not! TO STUDENTS AND faculty at FCHS, it seemed the beginning of school brought the beginning of summer rather than fall. The heat made learning nearly impossible. “It was like trying to learn in an oven,”’ Lin- da Moore said. In every class from Physics to Spanish, students were fanning themselves with papers, books or any other wind making objects. Fans were constantly running, thus adding another distraction to the learning process. Students who had vocational classes were the envy of the school. Air conditioners were forced to pull overtime in all the vocational buildings and various offices. However, even Shady Conversations. Fortunately for Hilda Dillon, Linda Barbour, and Louis Wagoner, when the weather got too hot there was always a shady tree to rest weary bones under. Sunglasses and a Smile. At Frontier’s Day, Mrs. Danna Hayes wears her sunglasses to protect her eyes from the bright sun. When the rain came later in the day, sunglasses were not necessary. 24 Heatwave vocational students had to suffer a while since the “‘ac’’ broke down. Finally the first week was over. The two lakes in the county were full of people taking advantage of the refreshing water. Then Monday arrived and the hot temperatures remained. Luckily, however, schools closed early two days. The decision to close the schools early was met with great enthusiasm from both students and teachers. A modified bell schedule was adopted both days to allow students to attend all six classes. No longer did students have to suffer through the heat all day. Finally the heat did subside and school got back to normal.

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All tobacco products were included in the smoking area ban. Mike Bryant, participant in the tobacco spitting contest at Frontier Day waits his turn to compete. oing COLD Turk GY Smoking Area “WHAT NEW RULES?” was what a lot of students asked when school began in August. The school year brought new changes to students. The most obvious change was the banning of the smoking area. Because of a new statewide policy on tobacco use, the school board voted to ban the FCHS smoking area. Previously, less than 200 students were allowed to smoke in the area with parental permission. Some students were happy with the decision. They felt that the smoking area was an eyesore at FCHS. However, other students felt dif- ferently. ‘“‘Although I agree with the decision to ban the smoking area, it really is not fair that the teachers can smoke in the lounge,” commented Teree Campbell, Senior. Other 26 Smoking Area problems arose because of the ban. Bathrooms had to be closely monitored and other students became irate with the smoke in the bathrooms. Another change came later in the year. The superintendent’s office passed down a rule that flowers could not be sent to school unless they were for teachers. Some ap- plauded the decision because they said that calling students down for flowers disturbed classes. However, many were angered by the change. One local florist said that he felt that the decision was unfair to florists because the business had always supported FCHS activities. What would happen to Valentine’s Day without flowers? One of the many changes students had to face was the number of days that could be missed from school. Instead of the thirty days students once were allowed to miss, twenty became the new limit. A new form of discipline, ISS, was also introduced. ISS, in. school-suspension was a plan to punish the student, but instead of sending a student home, the student would have to stay in the small room below the auditorium. Each of the student’s teachers supplied work for them. New rules, regulations, and reform were the 3R’s that students had to learn at the begin- ning of school in August.