St Louis Park High School - Echowan Yearbook (St Louis Park, MN)

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2: Wave of Change

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ST. LOUIS PARK-SENIORHIGH ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA 1981 m=n VOLUME 53 ENTS OPEN ACTIVITIES ORTS SUMM Wave of Change: 1

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What?! My car got a ticket again? What?! How many people have to si! m a seat? What?! I had that teacher when I was in junior high. What?! I am tive minutes late and it's only 7:50. What went on at Park High in 1981? Freshmen created the big change at Park in 1981. They we re found everywhere: in the halls, on the busses, in the cafe, and even at a few parties. Central Junior High had closed its doors, and with seventh and eighth graders attending St. Louis Park Junior High, the ninth graders filled the available spaces on the senior high bus. But freshmen weren't the only change at Park in 1981. Although the school day remained the same in hours, the number of periods changed from ten to eleven. Confused juniors and seniors found themselves with a period six consisting of five minutes, or they showed up for a period ten class an hour late New faces also helped change the scene at Park in 1981. Faculty from the junior highs were now located in Park classrooms, and the Hearing Impaired staff swelled to three times its former size. When upperclassmen went to their old supply room to buy notebooks or pens, they found instead a ninth grade principal's office. More staff members added a new dimension to an old problem: parking, Students were allotted one area, and no longer could parking be found on the streets by the school. What?! went on at Park High in 1981? A lot! Many things appeared to have stayed the same; yet students found themselves swept along by a whole new wave of change. Wave ol Change: 3