Killeen High School - Kangaroo Yearbook (Killeen, TX)

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IT WAS INEVITABLE . HUNGRY students fight their way to the concession stand counter to buy hamburgers, cokes, hot dogs, and candy for lunch. EVEN a split into the new high school is not expected to alleviate conditions in the mind-boggling crowds of KHS. THESE newly shined and inspected buses are ready to begin, for the last time, transporting nearly 3,000 students to THE high school. uwrvbw ,H Y Q,

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A typical KHS locker rarely has less than four peo- ple sharing its confined space, causing some prob- lems for locker mates between classes. AS the first bells signal the beginning of school, students tardy to class find standing room only in most class- rooms. Loneliness is a gnawmg thing. Groaning as it consumes, gaining intensity. One minute before the bell, and books sud- denly spill all over the floor. No one stops to help. Strains of last years' pop hits echo in the packed gym. Alone at the top, waiting for the pep rally to end. It ends. Shuffling out alone, surrounded by mem- bers ofthe school's finest. -A .4 45.11, . gf, , if-,:1g4 ., ' fl -if J . 'li . ' ' Y 'TSO what? l can listen to the game on the radio. 7:25 in the morning is a bad time to start waiting for the bell to ring when huddled against the wall ALONE. Lunch time is spent in the library researching. Might it have something to do with friends having the other lunch? 3200 people in the school, but where is every- one? Frustration builds. Bathrooms are inac- cessible, classes overpopulated. Man, it is just one big hassle after another. Nobody ever wants anything to do with me. BUT, then came the decision . . . Opening-3 -it V is-'Q W Q