Terry High School - Brigade Yearbook (Rosenberg, TX)

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B. F. TERRY HIGH SCHCDOL 5500 AVE LIE ROSENBERG, TEXAS 77471 I r s Wm l vi 7 it 7 i ..,...-sm fsz' f . .L ,es-M..-uw. .mmeWs..,.t, . .wsmmwtt .,,..sm..w, Z- ss.-, , Q .,. .M . Wfumw M .. .www V fi l T Q , , ...,, lla ,, rfnessstiireeessswfe- WQWQKLFHSQAV . 'figs W .MMM t'i2Qs??ff.-gsgqf grtyfg s gray Q ybefgati, '--- M 15Wi?1',- . 1 rffggfs-a'.1' ' 6 Most students were ac- tually ready for school at the beginning of the year. That was until they got there. Changes . . . that was the perfect synonym for how school had turned out. The first change was hair- cuts. Boy students were lined up outside the office waiting for haircuts on the first day of school. After many had payed from 38.00 to 530.00 for a haircut just days before, they were amazed to find out that the cut was not enough. Another change affected the girls. lt was still really summer when school began, and many miniskirts and walking short outfits had been purchased. The girls were surprised when the an- nouncement was made pro- hibiting walking shorts or miniskirts. A more drastic change was in the tardy and absence policies. First, the fda . tardy policy maintained a strict hold on late students. Three tardies and you get detention. But you're only allowed ten absences per semester, the principals an- nounced. Anymore and an absence petition would have to be filled out. Now for the drastic change. The newly-adopted grading system caused some above -- average students to fall below average and below - ll average students to fail. However, the second semester brought another more acceptable grading scale. All of these changes were a result of House Bill 72, and H. Ross Perot's standards of how school should be run. Many people are fighting to VETO House Bill 72. The one thing that caused most of those CHANGES . . . 1