North Rowan High School - Northern Lights Yearbook (Spencer, NC)

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T MM 1 1 my if 57- , v,.,g. , fire, f y A w hat causes more sparlss than the Faith fourth of July celebration? A group of Rowan County citizens defending their positions on a possible city-counf ty school merger. With only 634 ene rolled students at North, state officials expressed their conviction that a school with less than Q00 students cannot function as a Ucomprehene sive high school. PTSA president Do- vid Roueche pointed out, l don't want to be the prophet of doom, but there are some forces that would lilre to see North closed, According to County Commissioner Dick Messigner. The commissioners see the handwriting on the wall. ln the next session or two of the Gener- al Assembly it will be mandated that each county will have one school sys- tem, County school officials realized that the district lines were causing the unequal pupil assignments, but they would rather add on to the larger schools than move students around and have all the parents in an up' roar, Yet, as the merger steering As population shifts toward the South, East, and West school districts, North people brace for the i'i'ii llxlTl'll'll iixii i.i.iuiiii uuuuii. committee met, they loolsed into having four high schools instead of five. Guess who might be left out? Parents of North students are upset because they feel that their children are being cheated out of valuable courses, lt is their belief that the city and county systems should merge and change the unequal attendance zones to send more students to North. As parent Buddy Gettys comment- ed, We won't be oppeased with new activity buses and stadium lghts, We want our fair share across the board, Just as North students wish to stay at their school, other county students have no desire to merge with other schools. As East Rowan student, Cris MacDoniel,, complained, lt'll sepa- rate all the people who have been going to school together and they won 't be able to graduate from their .,,. c 0 -ms., - ,S i school lf the officials who draw district lines had thought ahead years ago, the numbers would be more balanced now. As it stands, while North lingers with little over o00 students, South Rowan is crowded with over 1000 students. lf proper planning had been done, the possibility of closing down North and moving students would not have come up. The bottom line is that North has many assets - the students get along well, our athletes and scholars can compete with larger schools, our teachers are dedicated, and the comf munity supports school efforts - that must be considered by merger com- mittees. North supporters hope that as the countdown continues, the decision is made to COUNT U5 IN! The students count At North, emotions and politics are considered after the needs of the students are met A just as it should be in all schools The advisory Council plays a continuing port in the struggle to count us in. Pictured are Nlrs Jaclsie Nlaclsey, Mrs Irene Goodlett, Mr Albert Stout CChairmanD, Mr Bud- dy Gettys, and Mr Bob Miller, not pictured, Mr Thomas Mitchell and Mr Stanley Stodard. , ll I .. Hn nga I lg