Mercer County High School - Highlander Yearbook (Harrodsburg, KY)

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EDUCATION: What do ycu exuect Mrs. Ward: sees a trend back to the basics of education — the 3 R's — in a more direct fashion than cur- rently exists. Recession will force further cutbacks in school budgets, eliminating full scale sports and fine arts. Mrs. Young: In the 1980’s education will continue to try to educate the masses. The emphasis will revert to providing more of a liberal arts education. Mrs. Flores: would like to believe that some old foundation principles would be restored and that the quality of education would improve. I’m a firm believer in progressive change, but I’m afraid our philosophy of each doing his own thing” has sent us off in a hundred directions. Mr. Brooks: I expect a shift to more basics in school and a return to better control of students. Mrs. Slone: I think education will become more free, not confined so strictly to the classroom. As far as vocational schools are con- cerned, I think there will be more students entering them. Mr. Lister: I believe school systems will begin to redirect their efforts back to emphasizing the bas- ics. All students must learn to read and use math before they can be expected to learn other subject matter.

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The Rescuers CAFETERIA WORKERS: Ruby Webb Beulah Thompson Frances Gritton. Beatrice Springate. Mary Beatty Edna Phillips Mildred Cox Eva Logue (Not Pictured Martha Kramer Dietician) CUSTODIANS: Roy Phillips. Elmer Presley Charlie Raley (Not pictured) Phyllis Hamlin. Junior Jones BUS DRIVERS: Harold Bailey Floyd Barnett Carlos Bottoms Margaret Camden Bruce Catlett Roy Freeman Marshall Foster Connie Gibson Raymond Gibson Dora Higginbotham Kenneth Huffman Fred Jones Jr Virginia Lay Gladys Lozier Cecil McCrosky Terry Morrison David H. Patterson Elmer Presley Linda Readnower Grover Releford Mary E Sadler Dora Shewmaker Charles Taylor James T Taylor Melvin Tewmey John Thompson J C Warner Judy Machal Student Teacher Social Studies. Speech. Drama Devola Collier Library Aide Teresa Baker Special Education Aide April Hunt Student Teacher. Chorus Helen Rehner Student Teacher 25 Physical Education

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in the last’s? Mrs. Fegenbush: I feel that there will be a big push for making sure that each student is required to master the basic subjects completely before he is allowed to move on and that requirements of promotion and graduation will be more rigid. Miss Sale: I expect high school gradua- tion '‘examinations” before certificates are awarded . fewer students going to col- lege . . . and teachers' pay ris- ing. Mr. Kays: Teachers . . . will be even bet- ter prepared than in the seven- ties . . . due to the continuing surplus of qualifying teachers. Mr. Phelps: I expect a push toward a national curriculum . . . many teachers to leave education because of low pay . . . and Back-to-Basics to become a much larger issue. Miss Downey: As our society changes, so must education. In the years since I graduated from high school, education has changed. But the basic needs, feelings, and emotions of teen- agers remain the same. The 80's will probably bring new ways of trying to meet these challenges. Mrs. Phelps: Unless we begin to expect more of students each year, instead of letting them do less and less, our objectives are going to become very elemen- tary. 27