Potomac High School - Prowler Yearbook (Dumfries, VA)

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1 School board gets to w ' plan for new high s Prince William School Board members nodded to approval VV »d!vr stia , as they looked over preliminary plans for the county sixth high school that show Classroom .ireas with movable partitions The partitions will allow teachers to change the size of cl:iHKrc»ofns in relations to in¬ structional requirements, ar- vWbti Charles Hicks told the hoard partitions can’t lw ! moved by the push of a button.’ Mlcte said. “The hraoitilofMypp walls do not provide sufficient tam ind barrier ' The preliminary drawings hm the Kpace in the academic portion of the pmpme4 hWP sohoto ckmM be mmpwd Ttw ort-iuoi t ptvptwt ' 4 Ha thr md0i tth coast y. , ' The dm ™ $» th « rlmmnmm may he chat «p j tmm four or m Ciowroom , to mor In mm t tint §txttolMy 4e erlt «3 the fi i r m» Im ictdls fotf-vMiUMiiKl Ip ftd»U tf$, ttiete concerned about designing a high school which is “V ?)® ®?? compact 4 ’, so that it Is te pensive to build and maintain. The idea will not hecessari y result in a rectangular homing. School Plant Strvtoes Djjctor Richard Johnson wto Wowev i the result is likely to be sprawling than the eoun y ■ current large high sc l 5 boar d Finally, Hicks said board members and parents were - f » dosigh-h to concerned u d r.» school so that u control students standa Hicks said 1 , corridors and P ' »n ministrative oH» - classman w-i’tions { a t! ! Hicks told the boa s fltw jun work is preitoum . v r n cih h construction bond is au fR county vrfers. begin on the final v High school why site okayed Prince William aixtl i tiUeh. ach ooi.i» to be on a W Vm Uuck scales between 1 95 and tl.S, l» The School Board Thursday night mmimumiy agreed to ‘ ■ . m ‘ acowislttott. Although the site does not front on U S. I. the board is making arrangements tor an access easement for the half-milt stretch between the highway and the school site. Funds for the site are included m the proposed $14 95 million school construction bond referendum which will go to the county voters June 14. Boardman Thomas Beane ab¬ stained from voting because his legal firm had previously represented the estate from which the Sand is to be purchased. Boardman Herbert Saunders voted on the motion. However, he said he is part of a corporation which owns land nearby, which was purchased from the same estate. “I just don’t want anyone to be confused about these two sites,” Saunders said as he explained his reai estate holdings. The site selection keeps the board on its basic schedule, although other parts of the high school planning have falllen slightly behind. The board finalized its contract with the high school architect Wednesday night. However, the board was scheduled to comment on the initial educational specifications for the school Wednesday night Because of the lengthy budget discussions, the board has deferred discussion on that topic until a special meeting, which has been called for Tuesday evening this? Contents Opening 1 Activities 37 Class 9 Sports 47 Faculty 25 Clubs 63 Student Life 31 Closing 75 Advertising 81 2

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Potomac Senior High School “In The Beginning prince Williajm 1 ' ublic ubrary Volume 11980 15941 Cardinal Dr. ■ | -. mm Woodbridge, Virginia

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Three high school names left l i r j » M . ' , The search lor a name for the new si xth high jadmoL in easCrtTMWifi ' William has narrowed to three choirs, according to Pattie Folks, chairman of the naming committee. The three choices of the committee are Potor Senior High Schofl, Jefferson Davis High School and William Grayson High School. School Board Chairman Thomas Beane said the hoard would consider the three choices, along with the name John Pattie High School, alter a former School Board member. Mrs. Folks said the Jefferson Davte name was a favorite due to die location ot the new school! on U S t. Grayson was a Prince William native uihri 1 Bit mmp to Gett t mrm Washington and later represented the county t» the General Assembly The three nominees received the highest m«- of the 10 names tru committee received School Board members Herbert Saunders. George Alullen and Regis t.twey were appointed to a special committee to review the name suggestions for the new high school and the wo new elementary schools Stadium , pool scrapped I ■ tji r. A at sixth high school A Special Frfore William School Board Thursday night act apped the idea of a itadtom and a mk with die proposed sixth Jlgti The high school VI wtMtmM ffiedhcattois xwnmtttee had suggested hat a gfad W m in a tm al »r », along with a micnmr pMiaRMI track, » cMsrwtrurted tn te»d of xmttmimg to place a dadtam a each high it-oardman Thoma irane suggested the aadium h handled ■eparateiy from the June «m4 referendum con .wrung. fur « w aot Heme inhering the •sumltt) 1 73 bond leterendunt to con ■ frtilistruct two high w-huol siadnarna. Beane ftuggetded that the same pi ..-etH-e tar eonUmied : Hher hoard members agreed i m « pool so badly t hurts Notmn could nit out of It except which means i . isn’t ’ support the pool „ »dt»ve. pool. Board nember Phyllis O’Toole rtsere were no funds lor r ,: me Suck ' d in the %M 3 •juiiHMi tor mgh school j »truction However. 1 ,, ► .» wus included for ,t ns truct»onot a stadium it h board has already .. d v ' »5 0 uml b nafigmg to purchase a •;, v Su! flfcrouu rather , !hr I7uuuuu included In the bond proposal for site acquisition In addition, the hoard approved the concept of constructing flexible apace In the academic pmXmtm m W propose «chc»ol. but If members were concerned about the cost of moveable par¬ titions which would be The plan for flexibility mean the proposed school will have self- contained classes. Each daas will haw four walls and a regular door, rather than the open spaces in the county s four large high schools. However, in some section , there will be partitions dividing blocks ot four classrooms The xlea is to allow teachers to change the sire of the rooms for various In¬ structional programs. There were many board questions on issues ranging from aesthetics to the air turnover requirements oi the ventilating system However, there were no board requests for changes from the com mdtee report in any of these areas In a general way, the committee is looking for construction of a high school simitar to the current four large high schools m that it will provide spate for the same range of programs However, there are mam specific changes such as making the is rooms more resistant t vandalism Beane and Mrs OTooh said they would like larger number of window; than were included in liw current buildings. Much of the tone of the session was finding fault with the current schools. Schools Supt. Dr. Milton Snyder defended the design of the current building . “The designers of these buildings must have known that they would become overcrowded before more schools were built.” Schools Supt. Milton Snyder said “You now have 1,2(18 more students in each of those buildings than they were intended to hold I ' m not speaking in favor of open space, but the open spaces have allowed you to put that number of students in the buildings When you go toseif-contained classes, you will lose that flexibility. All! hear aliout those schools is bad mouthing. I have to point out the benefits ” T h e K d u call o n a I Specifications t ' omnuttec has not completed Us work on the amount of spare in the budding which will be allocated tot- specific uses the eon nnttee expects to tonsil that work mi Mowin ' . The board is slated m approve the i n • ; specifications at its Mu meeting after which it architect will spe ciiK design v w oi k Thanks In April, 1979, work on Potomac be¬ gan. From the outside, Potomac looked like an organized school. Inside, howev¬ er, it was a different story. Carpenters, plumbers, painters and other men worked on a school that had not been used in years. As it turned out, however, the building was ready for the new school year, the very first year of Poto¬ mac Senior High School. We want to take a moment to thank all the people who helped us . . . especially the parents! You helped by giving us your total support. Much of this help was in the area of athletics. One thing we ' re really glad of . . . you pushed and pushed to get a stadium for our new school. Your arguments for it were good ones. You stood up for us and told everyone how we deserved the best we could get, the stadium was just one example. 3