Monacan High School - Legend Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Students Unite With Teachers “Teachers must eat too” and “We're tired of begging’’, were just some of the signs held by the teachers at Chester- field County Board meetings last March. Teachers were desperately trying to per- suade the school board that they badly needed a pay raise. With the cost of living increasing so rapidly, many educators now can not afford to educate their own children past high school. The students at Monacan became deeply involved and concerned for their teachers’ welfare. They united with their instructors to fight for a payhike. Stu- dents spoke out to the school board in hopes of giving the teachers an 18% raise. The students in Chesterfield are rated second in the state and yet the teachers’ salary is nineteenth in the state. One of the students at Monacan said, ‘‘We will not sit by and watch our instructors leave the school system; they are worth fighting for.” Indeed students and parents alike shared this view throughout the county. Some experienced and dedicated teach- ers have already left the system. It takes years to develop a worthwhile educator, and Chesterfield needs, to give its exper- ienced teachers a substantial raise. As Juggi Khanderwhal said at the school board meeting, “‘I think the teach- ers I’ve had should have $50,000 for hav- ing to put up with me.” 50 Teachers I’m totally behind the teachers, was the thought of Charlene Walton and Mary Kernich, as they took notes at a school board meeting. Pow wow in the parking lot. On the first day of working to the contract, the teachers wait for 7:30 to approach. Stardom! Expressing her views on the teachers working to the contract, Charlé Johnson tells the reporters from WTVR about her opposition to the teachers’ raise. on This is the life. Jaggi Khandelwal explains his point of view about the teachers’ pay raise.

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The worst place to go relax and unwind is arock-n-roll concert, but if you’re ready to get wild, rowdy and scream, dance and sing then a good rocking concert is just the place to be. We in Richmond are lucky; although we don’t get many concerts here, we are no more than three hours from top spots for headlining tours in Hampton, Norfolk or Washington D.C. Going to concerts is a popular acitivity for Monacan students. The morning after a concert one can see many tired bodies and droopy eyes. The halls are filled with The Devil went down to Richmond, and he brought the Charlie Daniels’ Band with him. Here Charlie Daniels ends a song at the Richmond Mosque. ( Wild rowdy concerts rock-n-roll T-shirts and buttons. Some of this year’s concerts included Journey, Rush, Charlie Daniels Band, Yes, Van Halen, Foghat, Bruce Spring- steen, Saxon, Cheap Trick, Reo Speed- wagon, 38 Special, Grateful Dead, Pat Travers, Marshall Tucker Band, Judas Priest and Molly Hatchett. Rock-n-roll is not confined to concert halls; Monacan’s own C.A.B.S. had a con- cert with The Lineback Band, and the Ath- letic Department sponsored a ‘‘Battle of the Bands’. As Neil Young says ‘‘Hey! Hey! my, my, rock-n-roll will never die.” Lineback does it again. The Brooke Lineback Band plays at the Battle of the Bands, where they placed second. Concerts 49

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Voicing his opinion. Kevin Jones speaks in favor of the teachers’ raise at the school board meeting at Bird High School. In the spotlight. Linda Beck, at the school board meeting, speaks in favor to a raise for the teachers. Working to Contract 51