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

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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,-

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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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English English adds perspective While expanding abilities ENGLISH . . . writing the inevitable essays about summer vacations memorizing the Alma Mater as Baby Knights . . . getting ready for the senior placement test . . . going over capi- talization again , . . filling up the advanced senior English classes forming groups to discuss novels . . . speculating about Hester's and Ar- thuris problems . . . looking forward to reading about Silas Marner and his miserly ways . . . read- ing several books for a research paper and work- ing late the night before it's due . . . studying Beowulf and To a Water Fowl '. . . learning to improve communication by expressing thoughts through writing, speech, and drama, X5 A 55,1 is S-gft 15, vfl v ' Eleanor Blalock English A-IV Contemporary Literature Dqv. Chairman Eleanor Braswell JOSH Df1ViCl5CY1 English III EHg1i5l'1 IV Knzgbletlei Speech Drama Kjwnnezlar Potts checks it with the book to make sure it's correct. After his homework is returned, Pat gi! 1 aw swf .. 1UIunnv......,, . ,E , AH 'is -, ae. ,gg , 'tt Q5 was y sa ff ...v ':f 11- 'E-.,. Chuck Bennett forgets which end is up as he reads Hamlet. saw af v