McCluer North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Florissant, MO)

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Groups of Not long after buses, legs, and cars brought students to school, the various MN “hangouts” began to fill up. Stu- dents headed for the concourse, the- atre, Probe office, Student Center, band room, smoking area, or some oth- er niche in the school where they felt at home, a place that would soon come alive with their friends. Often students were associated with certain social groups around school just by their hangout areas. Names such as Thespians, jocks, Probites, Pommies-- these were labels which described so- cial groups. Dexter Schraer, Probe Sponsor, commented, ‘Students find social groups and have their own area because they are seeking identity. There is a certain importance to feeling students tind hangouts that you belong somewhere in a school of North's size.” Senior Molly Whitmore suggested, The band room is just a kind of meet- ing place. It's boring to walk around in the morning. It's a place to complain to your friends about being tired and oth- er things.’ Karol Richter, Junior, doesn't really like the idea of being labeled according to where she hangs out. “I don't go to one place in the morning. I visit lots of places. | have friends in lots of different areas in the school. The sea of gray and blue filling up many of the booths and bunching around the tables identified the con- course as a popular hangout with the so-called jock crowd. Cheerleaders, eel Pom-Pon girls, and athletes congregat- ed there both before and after school. “The concourse is just a convenient place to meet,’’ said Laura Bathe, Sophomore. ‘‘And kids know the jock crowd hangs out there, so they keep coming back.” Mr. Proffitt's office in the Student Center is popular with students who have no formal identification with any organization or group. “It's a friendly place to be,”’ said Anniece Jamison, Ju- nior. “The people are nice and Mr. Proffitt is great to talk to and joke around with.” Whatever crowd a student wanted to hang with, North probably had the spot to hang out. Underclass 167

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168 School Board School Board Works For Us ‘TI can't believe we're not off school today! Hazelwood's off, why aren't we? “Who decides whether we are off or not anyhow?” The answer to these questions can be cleared up in one easy explanation. At 4:15 A.M., on the morning of the snow, six staff people went out in four-wheel drive pick-ups and check the road conditions. After they made a check they called Mr. Henry Prokop, Assistant Superinten- dent for Secondary Education, and he then called Dr. Warren Brown, Super- intendent for the Ferguson-Florissant School District. If the conditions were too bad, Dr. Brown would tell Mr. Pro- kop to call off schools and he would immediately call seven major radio sta- tions so that the announcement could be made. Take into account that this all occured before 6:00 A.M. The “board” and the superinten- dent? Every student heard these omi- nous words many times, but few prob- ably knew exactly what they were. The Board of Education was a group of dedicated men and women who gave their time to “run” the school dis- trict. The Board made all of the policies for the district and had the final word on all school matters. Last year’s School Board President was Joseph Wells. Dr. Warren Brown was the Superin- tendent. He headed the districtwide administration and was the “‘boss”’ of all principals and all of the assistant super- intendents. The board and district administration was responsible for many of the deci- sions which sometimes perplexed and irritated students. Henry E. Prokop: Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Education Joseph L. Wells: Vice President, Board of Edu- cation Edward W. Wilhelms: Assistant Secretary, Board of Education AB, Dr. Robert Fritz: Administrative Assistant During an interview, Mr. Henry Prokop gives Dan Regnier some facts about the school district. @ ELEMENTARY “ TUMOR HGH. © SENIOR HIGH