Richardson High School - Eagle Yearbook (Richardson, TX)

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Chaos, Changes What is the first day of school like? Is it rather like swallowing a 2 liter plastic bottle of root beer whole, metal cap inclusive, or is it hundreds of little computer printed squares of paper, which if correct are the students' schedules? For some, the first day meant waiting in a line not unlike the line for tickets for the Rolling Stones concert last year. In fact, so many waited for schedule changes that B hall looked rather like a colony of industrious ants coming and going from the mound known as the counselor's office. As the 3:30 bell rang on Aug. 30, the first day of school, junior counselor Mrs. Brenda Mendosa pleaded, Please tell me it is the end ofthe day! From Aug. 25, the day schedules were handed out, Mendosa and the five other First Day Strike 1st Day Summer Went Too Fast counselors spent all their time changing schedules. In fact, between Aug. 25 and Sept. 22, approximately 2,500 schedule changes were made, according to data pro- cessor Judy Moon. My entire time was spent changing schedulesf' ex- plained junior counselor Mrs. Pat Green. I would work un- til 1 and 2 o'clock in the morning, including weekends. Although summer ended one week later than usual, many RHS students felt like junior Gina Goertzen who said, Summer was fun, but it wasn't long enough. But it was good to be back with all of my friendsf' Summer was getting bor- ing, but I didn't want to come back,', disagreed senior Julie Lott. First day problems wreaked havoc for many, such as junior Roxzanne Hamilton, who obtained help from Senior Principal W. L. Clay. S e n i o r R i c h a r d G o l d e n , h o w e v e r , wanted to come back. I was looking forward to see- ing my friendsf' he explained. While some students looked forward to seeing their friends on the first day, some students didn't have any friends at RHS. I didn't know anyone, so it was kind of quiet, said sophomore Sam Barnett who moved to Richardson from California during the summer. Even though sophomore Jill Clary knew a lot of RHS students, Clary felt lonely, too. I was with a bunch of people I didn't know, said Clary who explained that her friends were in different classes and didn't have lockers in the same hall. - Amy RaneyfVirginia Crawford it ....,

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Waiting in line to resolve schedule conflicts students watched their watches as the time passed . . . slowly. Crowded halls is one of the many problems 'iff teinj fEps students faced on the first day of school. 19 First Day