Thomas Carr Howe Community High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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• % ' m m, - fr I I, , J - ' One thousand new students raised the population of Howe to over 2600. The freshman class out- numbered the seni ' who graduated in 1971. In addition, students who were formerly in a racial majority had the op- tion to transfer to a school in which they would be in a minority. Federal Judge S. Hugh Dillon ruled that the sch were guilty of s : regation of the schools and preset some measures to help in the inter- gration of the schools. Teacher transfers, majority to minority, and near suburban sc systems participa- ting in the inter- gration program were suggested : improve the qualitv of education all of the studei. involved.

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I A decrease in student popula- tion during the second semester caused by January graduates, transfers to JEvening School and losses, reduced the number of teaching assignments. New work-study programs were ad- ded in the business and health departments. Students held jobs in the business community half of the. school day and spent the other half in classes. A city wide emphasis was placed on individual reading skills, and Howe adapted its reading facili- ties accordingly. Other programs were dropped because of lack of finances. But while the vis- ible changes were made, the individual changed, too. He changed in his thinking, his actions, his beliefs, and his at- titudes towards his school and towards his own existence. •

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