Lancaster High School - Mirage Yearbook (Lancaster, OH)

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Left: Sophomores listen intently to Mr. Barr’s speech about discipline at their first Sophomore Class meeting. Left: Andrew Stevenson dabbles in crime — Saturday school may be in the picture! At any rate, he will have 180 days to think it over. Above: A new grading scale often brings despair. Joe Reynolds discusses a close call with Mr. Lukasko. LHS Is Changes 21

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LIIS Is IHANGES As some 169-1 fashionably togged and attractively tanned LHS-ers walked through the doors on the opening day of school, little did they know that things had changed, most changes resulting from a toughening of state standards. At issue, in particular, were more stringent disciplinary measures and t ighter restrictions on the amount of time students must be in school. At individual class meetings, held Aug. 30, Principal I ee Barr set the tone for tighter restrictions. Stressing school spirit, Mr. Barr emphasized the role of discipline in helping to effect what he termed furious” spirit. “Furious and frustrated, but ultimately resigned, is what most “If this is excellence in education, Fm glad Fm graduating! Joe Reynolds students were. Brad Sidwell termed the school, “like a prison,” while Joe Reynolds, who dropped out of the race for Senior Class President last year, choked back an “1 told you so” to say, “If this is excellence in education, I’m glad I’m graduating.” Feeling most affected were seniors whose two-week early release and early graduation date were eliminated, ending a long-time senior tradition. Equally put out, however, were those students accustomed to 9th period release from study hall — also a casualty of tightened state standards. Other students lamented the addition of a regular homeroom period as well as the addition of five minutes to the school day. Besides time, even grading standards were toughened, raising the A standard to 93-100% and a B to 83-92%.. Gone were the days of the curve! Hinted at during the first week of school and later ratified by the Board of Education was the concept of Saturday School, a strong disciplinary measure implemented to reduce the number of out-of-school suspensions conventionally given. Though students like Brett Blake might have insisted that “It’s unfair,” the ultimate scapegoat is the State of Ohio whose Congressmen are simply responding to a resurgent interest in better education and who, in the words of one teacher, are equating quantity with quality.” Top: Senior Jeff Devereaux discovers passes are necessary in order to roam the halls. Below: Dirk Hines finds homeroom a soporific experience. Like many, he feels 7:45 is too early to be out of bed. 20 LHS Is Changes

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LHS Ties for C.O.L. Top: Todd Tracy takes a break. Lower Left: Players receive important instruction from Coach Redman. Lower Right: Will the real “REF please stand up! 22 LHS Is Football