Pinellas Park High School - Occurrences Yearbook (Largo, FL)

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40 I LINES One After The ther tudentsjommed the holls ond molls stonding in long, endless lines. Describing the crowded hollwoys sounded like o Wheot Thin Crocker com- merciol, One ofter the other. Lunch lines were os slow os molosses. Woiting with growling stomoches, students indulged in idle gossip with their friends. The pushing, shoving, ond cutting in line never seem- ed to ceose while everyone wonted to hurry to be woited on. The lines or lock of lines oround the concession oreo creoted 0 pottern similor to thot of o freewoy during rush hour. Woiting to buy o beot rib- bon, gome ticket, student pic- ture pocket, school supplies, or even o yeorbook, students stood in line in front of the bookstore for on endless 15 when it got students in trouble. Restless students hod to woit in line with o reterrol in their hond to tolk to their deon. The deons' office wos o congestion of dif- ferent Iines, one to look in the 'Lost ond Found' for cm poir of tennis shoes, onother to get o Iote poss, ond yet onother to turn in o note to excuse cz re- cent obsence. To get out of closs for five or ten minutes, students glodly sot down in the holls for tornodo drills ond morched single-file out to the porking lot for mon- thly fire drills. Lines or the teochers' desks were sometimes port of o doily schedule. Some teochers moy hove orronged them different- ly but nevertheless rows of desks ore rows of desks. Eventuolly, being first in line ROLL CALL wos even done in o lit: formot during most gym closses. Th students in Cooch Bill Burrow's c were ossigned o number on wl lj stond for ortendonce. T minutes. wos the consolotion to oll these Hoving fun never poid off deloys. --32:6-'fm-Q-i Nf--k--' 1 'TT 'Q 2' SE

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?qg,.1tr is BEING SICK WAS NO EXCUSE: Students discovered that the sniffles or flu had to be followed by a written note from a parent in order for the absence to be excused and work to be made up. Joy Bruner turned in her note, which Dean Koutney scrutinized and signed. JUNIORS CUT RED TAPE by taking the re- quired state assessment test In October. Passing the test was mandatory for high school promotion. 'EYES xox, LENDING A HAND to the community even Involved red tape. Vital statistics such as age, blood pressure, history of diseases, and blood type had to be known before students could give blood. Bill Powell was able to donate blood during the bionnual NHS blood drlve. RED TAPE f 39

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'87 . 4 G it w i IMPATIENCE was felt by Mott Johnson, Gail Rongiorno, ond especially Diana Dillard, as they wait for Stephanie Walts to com- plete her phone call. THE MOB DISPERSED at the concession area as Diane Setter took the orders of the last few hungry students, Ed Polly, Lori Williams, and David Ditmer, GROWLING STOMACHES and crinkled dollar bills were signs of 5th period lunch hour. Students stood in long lines awaiting lunches to fill their empty stomaches. Some chose to stand in clusters and chat with friends. LINES I 41