Skyline High School - Origin Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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◄Trashed out. Emptying trash cans, custodian Tho Nguyen continues his monotonous cleaning duties. Photo by Karl Pranie ▼Time to put up. A conscientious student takes a final look at a history book before putting up for the day. Photo by Craig Weymouth Budget cuts affect students With a new budget and more ldget cuts in sight, students learned take the bad with the good, hether the cuts came from the hool district or directly from the esident, students were plagued with rer-increasing problems. As a result of DISD curriculum tanges, students faced a shortage of merican Histon,' books when the urse was changed from a junior to a ashman course. This meant for two ;ars, twice as many students would j enrolled in American History asses. Books weren’t available until e second six weeks. Civics classes Duld be plagued with the same pro- em starting the 1982-83 school year sophomores, juniors and seniors auld take the course. The shortage of books wasn’t the ly problem caused by the budget t. Administrators were forced to lay f or transfer teachers, clerks and stodians. Although the shortage of janitors isn't noticeable to stuaents, other custodians felt the loss. Fewrer workers didn’t mean less work. On the second and third floors, eight janitors had to do the work of 14. They saw longer hours with the same pay. Like more janitors, more pay was out of the question. If the shortage of books and janitors wasn’t enough, students, mainly seniors, were affected greatly by budget cut measures from President Reagan. Previously, not many college- bound students worried about student loans since they were fairly easy to get. However, the new federal budget changed that. To help pay their way through col- lege, many students depended on money from the government, money students weren’t so sure they’d get. Because of this major budget cut, students were not only concerned about whether they would attend col- lege, but where they would get the money. Opening 5

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► Gathering needed supplies, custodian Bic Ley prepares to make his cleaning rounds. Photo by Karl Pranie ▼Getting the hare facts. Concerned students gather information about grants and loans from a financial aid representative. Photo by Paul Wisdom 4 Opening

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Students help students in ‘own world’ ▲ Football games are by far the most popular forms of school-oriented entertainment, as evidenced by this healthy crowd at the first game against Garland. Photo by )udy Babb. A world of our own. Whether mak- ing Homecoming mums, giving students hairdos, making plastic pro- ducts, making clothes for students or maintaining cars and televisions, Skyline students were in a world of their own. Buying and selling things that usually could be done only in the ‘‘real world,” students spent a good part of their school time making products. But clusters weren’t the only way students were set apart from the com- munity. One disadvantage of going to Skyline was the lack of school- orfented social life, since students came from all over Dallas. After foot- ball season was over, new forms of entertainment had to be developed for students to keep a school identity. Holding plays, musicals and sports games students were offered alter- natives to the same old Friday and Saturday night movie. 6 Opening