Osbourne High School - Eyrie / Hi Jacket Yearbook (Manassas, VA)

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During the first few days of September, split shifts upset no one. It was novel. An adventure. But then someone tried to plan a club meeting (or was it a pep rally?), and no one could answer their question, “When?” If a meeting was held after each shift, nobody came. If the meeting was held at night, first shift students wouldn t come. After all, how late can one stay at school when he has to be back the next morning at seven-thirty? The advantages of split shifts were soon discovered too. With students entering and leaving all day, skipping techniques were greatly simplified. McDonalds’ midday business picked up, and many students learned the joys of attending school from ten-twenty to one-thirty. Although split shifts were a prominent feature of fall, tnere was football (we even beat Stonewall!), girls’ basketball, fallen leaves, and The Fantasticks. When people from both shifts got together, there were successes. But who’ll forget the many times when people didn’t get together, and plans fell through?