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Summer! It meant jobs and school for some, trav- elling for others, but mostly fun for all. Remember all those crazy pool parties, hard days at work, lazy hours with friends, and smoldering moments in summer school? Believe it or not, nearly 625 students spent their summer months in summer school, most of whom took Drivers ' Train- ing. Others took to the stage by trying out for the play, The Golden Goose per- formed by the Highland High School Sum- mer Theatre, or George Washington Slept Here put on by the Calumet Community Playhouse. Highland was also represented in several seminars this summer including Boys ' and Girls ' State and cheerleading workshops. Journalism students travelled to Ball State to learn new techniques in writing and layout. Some students even stayed in foreign coun- tries, returning with experiences and memo- ries that will stay with them forever. • Summer 23
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The first strike in the history of the Highland school system began September 4 with the support of approximately 180 teachers, and succeeded in paralyzing Highland schools until striking teachers re- turned to the classroom as a result of a temporary restraining order issued by Judge James A. Richards. Negotiations, which had been stopped when the teachers walked out, were quickly resumed, and continued until the teachers once again decided to resort to the picket line. The restraining order was changed to a temporary in- junction soon thereafter, and seven officers and negotiating team members of the Highland Classroom Teachers Association were jailed a few days later. The following T uesday, the regular school board meeting was held in the high school auditorium, where the board officially suspended 129 teachers. During the weeks to follow, about twenty of the 129 teachers who were then on strike returned to the class- rooms, and were officially reinstated on October 23. At a hearing called by Judge Richards, in which the board was to show reason why they should not be held in contempt of court for refusing to negotiate, a master was appointed to act as a mediator in the strike. Two weeks later, an agreement was jointly announced by represen- tatives of the school boar d and the HCTA. It called for the reinstate- ment of all teachers with the exception of the seven HCTA leaders, and included compromises on many of the major issues. Negotiations had been underway since March and continued through May, when the Professional Negotiations agreement between the teachers ' association and the Board of Trustees expired. There was a recess of two weeks in August, when HCTA negotiators re- quested time for vacations. On the return of the HCTA representatives came the resumption of negotiations. But when the negotiating team for the teachers de- cided that negotiations had reached an impasse, they called for an executive council meeting of the HCTA, and the leadership of the organization called for a strike vote the following Tuesday. About two-thirds of the teachers in the school system attended the strike vote, and two-thirds of those present voted to strike. Eventually all striking teachers returned to work, with the ex- ception of the Highland Seven. Five of these had their contracts cancelled, and school resumed with a spirit of attempt to make the rest of the year as positive and productive as possible. 24 Strike •
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