Lincoln Academy - Lincolnian Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Booked Up TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) is but one of the joyous cries that can be heard all over the school every Friday. ROLES FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY and attorney for the defense absorb Crime and Delinquency students, Peggy Miller, Denise Combes, and Marietta Hubbard, as they prepare a court trial presentation.

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Reaganomics Program: ‘Now You See It, Now You Don’t’ By Larry Dixon and Daniel Moffet Apart, the name Reagan and the word economics mean nothing. Reagan, the name of our president, and economics, meaning the study of wealth and natural resources to mankind’s needs. Put them together, they make up President Reagan’s famous budget cuts “Reaganomics.” Because of the way Reagan REAGANOMICS IS A MAJOR concern for students at Lincoln. Teacher cut- backs, increase in school lunch prices, and the loss of programs are just a fen- ways the school was affected. Randy Kurtz, junior, checks out the presidential elections. IN SPITE OF the increase in lunch prices, lunch time is the busiest time in school. cut the money supply, all state agencies were ordered to cut spending by 10%. Lincoln Academy was no exception to the rule. Approximately 17 teachers, one media specialist, and eight others were furloughed from Lincoln North. One teacher was rehired as a building substitute and at least nine other teachers were recalled. One General Math class had four different teachers at the beginning of the school year because of the cutbacks. The class had about 22 students. Dwayne Matthews, freshman, said, “I don’t feel too good about having so many teachers in one class. Once you got used to one teacher, you got another. I didn’t learn very much math.” Karen Gilmore, freshman, said, “I didn’t really like having so many teachers, because once you got used to having one teacher, you got another one.” There was an increase in food prices. Lunches went up by approximately 20e for students. Last year student plate lunches were 75c and teachers’ lunches were 95®. Even so, approximately 700 plate lunches were served each day. The debate over the federal role in education was not finished, however, and one thing was sure. The students didn’t allow the federal budget cuts to spoil their school year.

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LEARNING THE PROPER way to hold a child is but one of the many lessons Ronald Brown, senior, received in Mrs. Kathryn Smith’s Child Development class. AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG helps Mrs. Margaret Dillon’s physical science students discover information on man’s past.