Luling High School - Aquila Yearbook (Luling, TX)

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Principal R.V. Kosub speaks with coach Alan Burns. Mrs. Mary Carter and Mrs. Jack- ie Fairchild, secretaries, work at the office computer. Mrs. Bobbye J. Thorpe, counsel- or, works at her desk. ACADEMICS 89

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eadep Of The Pack School Board members are: Alton Williams, John Brown, Lucille Matthews, JoAnn Weber, Supt. George Bujnoch, Ben Twidwell, Stan Reese, and not pictured, M.F. Slim Hinton. Leaders of the pack were the staff and faculty. Many changes took place this year, but the School Board, principal, faculty and staff were able to pull it off and make it a record year. The Texas Teacher Appraisal System kept Mr. Kosub and Mr. Gerdes, principals, busy much of the year. Each man had to observe all junior high and high school teachers twice per year for at least 45 minutes per visit. After they completed the observations, they wrote evaluation forms used for rehiring and career ladder place- ment for each teacher. The forms usually took 45 minutes to com- plete after each evaluation. Mrs. Mary Carter, attendance clerk, felt another significant event was the hiring of a new su- perintendent, Mr. George Buj- noch. In the spring another major change was th e hiring of a new athletic director. Bob Pyssen. In the spring longtime School Board member, Frank Watson, decided not to run and Mrs. Lu- cille Matthews was elected in his place. The prolonged oil slump and declining tax base encouraged the board to keep close tabs on expen- ditures. The inability of the Texas Legislature to come up with school funding bills during the spring session also kept the board concerned. In May, Gov. Bill Cle- ments told the Legislature to come back during the summer for a special session. At Aquila dead- line, no state funding for the 1987- 88 school year had been passed. 88 ACADEMICS

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Foreign Language Students Feel C ' est La Vie Life in the foreign language classes was filled with hard work and lots of new vocabulary words. Some students decided to add either Spanish or French to their vocabulary which they hoped would heighten their ability to so- cialize with others. The teachers of these language classes were Senoras Vivian John- son and Dina Richmond, the two amigas who were responsible for helping students reach their bi- lingual goals. I think that this year went very well. It helped me very much, Byron Robinson, junior, said. I had a lot of fun, too, in my French class. Not only did students learn a lot about the language, but we did it in a way that wasn ' t boring, By- ron said. Tyler Mercer, Keith Hendricks and Bryan Tucker read in their Spanish class. Minerva and Yolanda Mireles study dur- ing Spanish. Efrain Peralez puts his God ' s Eye yarn cre- ation up for Mrs. Richmond ' s Spanish stu- dents to see. 90 FOREIGN LANGUAGE