Monacan High School - Legend Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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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

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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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Back stage People In every club, organization, and sport, there are people who receive immediate recognition. While there is nothing wrong with recognition, there are many people, not in the spotlight, who receive no ac- knowledgement for the many hours they put in coordinating activities. While sports managers may not play the game, they often practice with the players on the field, set up equipment, fill water pitchers, and keep score. These managers attend almost every game and all practices with the players. Often the team members appreciate their help, but it is not often that they receive congratu- lations for a job well done by the general student body. Stage menagers are also often over- looked and yet they do as much work as the cast. Their job requires them to stay after school almost every afternoon prompting the actors, and making sure the sets and costumes are just perfect. They always give 100% to insure that each production is better then the one preceding it. The backbone of the yearbook staff is the photographers. Developing film and printing pictures, they spend most of their time in the darkroom. Students appear in front of the camera, but behind the magic eye lies a hardworking, dedicated pho- tographer. There are many students walking the halls who work very diligently for the school. So, to all the hardworking photog- raphers, musicians, managers, and oth- ers, the student body says, ‘‘Thank you!”’ Liberace. The way Allen Gillie plays the piano, he ought to be Liberace. 52 Back stage people In the Darkroom. Photographer Greg Miles posi- tions the negative in the enlarger in order to print a picture. At Wimbledon. Joan McEwen and Brad Pinover watch the tennis game and keep score.