T R Robinson High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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Robinson Parent Association RPA blends experience - parents, faculty, students ROBINSON PARENT ASSOCIATION . . . encouraging the parents of new students to join . . . awarding special prizes to homerooms having l0O'Zn participation in the membership drive . . . staffing the clinic with gray ladies . . . holding Open House at the beginning ofthe year so that parents may become acquainted with the teachers . . . slaving in the concession stands at all home football games . . . providing Gatorade for a grateful team . . . collecting a fifty-cent fee for parking in the school's lot on game nights . . . sponsoring the annual spaghetti dinner and in- tramural football game . . . chaperoning the sen- iors' all night party . . . being an essential part of the community . . . uniting concerned adults and students for the benefit of RHS. ft RPA has tremendous turnout for their first meeting. 4,-5' Yet 1:-' 're' - k'X' f, , X. ,nf f , ,, , During an afternoon meeting, Mr. Bill Taylor discusses the plans for a successful spaghetti supper. -'ff Officers Sue Brill, 3rd Vice-Pres.g Bob Newlin, Treas,g Ernestine Newlin, Asst. Treas.g Bill Taylor, Pres.g Robert Lowery, 2nd Vice-Pres.g and Ned Hirnes, Rec. Sec., look with great interest over a financial statement before the meeting. fNot included in the picture is Charlotte Barres, the lst Vice-Pres.j X

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Mr. Barrington, the dean of boys, pauses to consult his records for some much needed information, in-an ,....,.-Q-4-.--.W ...Q-p--u-v ..-.- .-.---a pn, , ,. W J .......Y V, .:11'Q.1,. L ff wi s:r.se get ,se- Q --- '1 ae' One of Robinson's busiest and most helpful administrators, Mrs. Shields, .tcrzg salty discusses the virtues of good co Deans Deans Work to stimulate respect, good attendance DEANS . . . checking on all the absentees . . . filling out open campus permits . . . listening to amusing excuses and issuing tardy admits to those who need them . . . having a new dean of boys at RHS this year . . . straightening lunch lines . . . sending out the unwelcome blue slips making certain that all the sideburns are short enough and that all the skirts are long enough . . . taking on added responsibilities when Mr. Marley or Mr. Lambert is not at the school . . . handling disciplinary problems from a fair and unbiased standpoint . . . being ready and willing to help students in every possible way . . . being invaluable to the students and to the school asiadministrators and friends. nduct with juniors Dana jackson and Marilyn Vaughn. 'www 1:53 Sw 3133 .rv -.t-1

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d vlslmrs dlscuss t C new dress Code Asst. Supt, Paul Wharton reacts to a parent's comment on school boundaries Board Members operate with S80 million budget SCHOOL BOARD . , . managing and operating the largest governmental establishment in Hills- borough County . . . listening to the numerous complaints brought to them by the public . . . re- ceiving student delegations at the board meetings and allowing them to be heard . , . trying to cope with the problem of double and extended ses- sions . . . meeting on Tuesday nights under the sunshine law' '... working to have the school bond issues passed . . . obeying court orders by busing students to achieve racial balance . . . re- leasing the agenda to the public before each meeting . . . balancing the ratio of teachers to students in each school . . . struggling to make Hillsborough County schools more effective. 6,-