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

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Waiting for their buses in what was the smoking area, Eddie Yeary and Melissa Wheeler discuss weekend plans. Less than 200 students were affected by the smok- ing area ban. Traveling through the smoking area, these students get to class. Smoking Area 27

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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.

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“ oh ae When hurricane Juan settled over Virginia for almost one week the resulfs were devastating WITH A COMBINATION of Hurricane Juan and a low pressure system hovering over the Roanoke Valley and surrounding areas, the rain just kept coming. From October 30 to November 6 the sky dumped over nine inches of rain on most of Virginia. The worst of the downpour occurred on November 4. That day the creeks rose and the rivers flooded. Homes, roads, and businesses were wiped out. Bridges washed away and vehicles left in the path of the devastating water were destroyed. While Roanoke received major damages, Franklin Co. also sustained heavy losses. Three point seven million dollars worth of damages occurred in Franklin County alone. One point four million was from one single establishment, Cooper Wood. By the time Blackwater River crested, it had left 6 men stranded on the roof of the company. The flood didn’t do all damages though. In The Clean Up Begins. A Franklin County resident helps Cooper Wood in their cleanup efforts. Roarin’ Rapids. Little Maggodee Creek swelled into a raging river during the flood. The town of Boones Mill was crippled by its devastating effects. A special thanks to the Franklin Co. Newspost and photographer Karen Young for the pictures. 28 Flood some ways it helped Virginia. After the water receded, people banded together for the good of all. The flood showed Virginians that if they worked together, even the biggest obstacle could be overcome. Churches, the Salvation Army, and the Red Cross, along with many other groups estab- lished evacuation centers all for the flood vic- tims. Food, clothing, money and other needed materials were collected by all those groups. K92 FM in Roanoke worked with WSET in Lynchburg to aid the devastated victims. At the high school the SCA collected money totaling $1,022 and canned food for the local Red Cross Chapter. It was the caring and support of fellow citizens that helped Virginia rebuild a destroyed home. So, though the flood did major damage, it also did good by bringing people together.