Parry McCluer High School - Parrimac Yearbook (Buena Vista, VA)

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2 Opening A SENIC VIEW of Buena Vista, as seen from the old paper mill’s coffer dam, shows considerable signs of industrialization and expansion. The Stage Is Set The scene was set. It was a misty summer morning. The sun dried the sleep from the moun- tains which engulfed the city. The morning seemed very similar to those which preceded it, but for students the scene of summer leisure was about to change. The midmorning bike rides through surrounding mountains and the accompanying smells of nature were in the past. The scene became that of bustling corridors and the smells became those of newly painted classrooms and freshly waxed floors. Not only was the scene shifting from vaca- tion activities to scholastic ones, but within the school, the scene was also quite different. A major change in the school system took place as the new Kling Elementary School opened and the Parry McCluer Middle School was established. Mr. Raymond C. Leadbetter, who had served as the high school principal of the new middle school. Mr. Wayne Flint moved from assistant principal to principal in the high school, and Mr. Robert Williams added the assistant principal’s to his coaching duties. The creation of the middle school also brought a change in the population. Eighth-grade students had previously attended the high school. But, as the doors of school opened, the eighth graders found themselves still a year away from high school as they took their places in the middle school. With a smaller student body, the high school was able to expand. The Student Council Association gained the larger student lounge they had requested for several years. A classroom was transformed into a student relations room. The class- room was painted, new tables and ten, +