Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Decision Making Power li l f ll 45 l. v ---. 'N 1 AISD Superintendent Jack Davidson leads a discussion at a school board meeting while Gus Garcia listens. Mr. Garcia filled the office of president of the school board after Carol McClellan won the mayoral election. 2 Mrs, McGee shows Mr. Wiley the William Rushing plaque, which honors Lanier's most outstanding male. Mark Billingsley won this year's award. 1-fif' 3 Decourcey Kelly urges AISD to simplify procedures tor protesting the use of controversial materials in the classroom. 4 Mr, Wiley discusses the STEP tests at a faculty meeting. The testing took several hours during two days. administration 8. principal 137

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Clay Chapman Roy Chargois Craig Chellette Jeanne Childs Lowell Choate Darrie Choyce Tony Cline Myra Collins Andrew Constancio Erna Cook Chris Cooper Diane Copeland Margie Cordier Darryl Cottingham Dan Cotton Scott Coulter Michael Crappell Maureen Crary Cherrie Crenwelge Jackie Crumley Cynthia Cruz V Bob Cushing Frank Dahlberg Laurie Daniels 'JN f.. Xt 1 'E :tm it 'tv 'qgvwsr-in as ,- ust beneath Mr. VViley's supervision, tive busy people helped to keep Lanier's system running smoothly, Deans and Vice-Principals kept the students going to the right places at the right times in different ways. Deans Brougher, Shitlet and Jackson worked a tull day, keeping students in class, handling discipline problems and teacher-student relationships, working with attendance, and being the PR people of Lanier. Mrs. Francis Brougher, Lanier's first dean, said that the first major problem was attendance. Mr. Shiflet got his cap and gown since he will be graduating with the class of 77. Out in the front foyer ofthe school. Mrs. Jackson worked busily with the 9th grade students. Vice-Principals were the men in between. They handled major discipline problems, planned master schedules and kept 120 teach- ers and 2100 students happy all year, Dr. Phillips served as a student council advisor and was involved with school activities, He planned the schedule for each quarter and each class, handling schedule conflicts and quarter sys- tem hassles. Mr. Elliott handled the Lost and Found, made sure everyone paid for lost textbooks, handled the major discipline problems and monitored the halls and parking lots. On top of this, he was a Gold Blooded Viking. as 1 1 Dean of boys Curtis Shiflet talks with Trina Tillman and Shannon Sullivan in between classes in the courtyard. Giving many years to guiding students as a disciplinarian and counselor, Mr. Shiflet would retire this year. 2 Assistant Principal Edward Elliott checks his calendar for the coming week. Mr. Elliott handled discipline problems, took care of textbooks and field trips and also sponsored the Black Students in Progress Committee. 3 Dr. Frank Phillips instructs Mr. Stevens on the course scheduling proce- dures. As Assistant Principal, Dr. Phillips was in charge of class schedules. 4 Principal Rodger Wiley and Frances Brougher, Dean of Girls, check stu- dent drop slips. Officiating documents like this was a big part of their jobs. l l l l l i l