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

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BELOW: The Welcome Students sign at the Media Center entrance goes unnoticed in the flooded and empty building. ABOVE: Freshman Rita Robards takes time for a late summer swing in Ellenberger Park as her first day at Howe approaches. LEFT: Counselors like Mrs. Norma Ranch play a big part in correcting scheduling problems on regis tration day. Back to School— 7

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Problems The end of summer is very rarely a fa- vorite time for students or teachers. For most it means the end of free time for warm weather activities and the beginning of the long school routine. This year ' s school beginning was more unpleasant than just the end of summer. It was surrounded by ques- tions and troubles that were both common and unique to Howe. The problems actually started a week be- fore school when most of the teachers in the city system voted to go on strike if their contract demands were not met. The pros- pects of not having any teachers had many students wondering about the first day of school and how the strike would actually affect Howe. As it turned out, registration day went well with only a small group of teachers picketing the entrances of the teachers ' parking lot and the intersection of Bancroft and Julian streets. One problem was with scheduling, as most people have come to expect. As usual there were many schedule problems during the first week of school; but according to Mr. Bruce Beck, vice-principal in charge of student scheduling, most problems were caused by students changing classes at the last minute. Mr. Beck also said schedule problems could have been avoided if stu- dents would have notified the school of problems when they got their list of classes in early August. TOP RIGHT: Sophomore Greg Cheatham takes the first step in registration by filling out the Medical Emergency Card. ABOVE: Students line up on the patio to get into the building on the smoothly run first day of school. RIGHT: Senior Frank Kime tunes up his car during the closing days of vacation. 6— Back to School

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High water The smoothly run registration day max have answered some of the questions about how things would go, but a senseless act of vandalism on Wednesday, Septem- ber 5, changed the looks of things. Some- time around 1:00 a.m. someone entered the building through an open window in room 34. went to a second-floor fire extinguisher, and turned the water on. The water was discovered at 4:00 a.m. by Mr. Gilmore, the school engineer. In some areas water was four to six inches deep. It badly damaged ceiling and floor tiles in the auditorium, lobby, cafeteria, and 19 classrooms. Car- peting had to be removed from the audi- torium, media center entrance, and coun- selors ' office. Estimates of S.IO.OOO damage were made on the building. Thanks to the assistance of custodial crews from mam city schools the water was cleaned up and classes were started the fol- lowing day. With only 30 to 33 teachers out and the help of substitutes, man) classes went as planned in spite of the strike. In October the strike ended with the teachers and school board agreeing to a binding arbi- tration settlement. With all things taken into consideration Mr. Beck said, the be- ginning of school has gone very smoothly. (TOM HARTON) TOP RIGHT: Long-time Howe physics teacher Richard Hammond surveys the flood damage done to his room, which was one of the hardest hit in the building. ABOVE: The first day of school was a good day to socialize for those who didn ' t stand in line. RIGHT: Among the handful of teachers who went on strike the first day were industrial arts teachers Paul Schneeman and Kenneth Poole. 1 CONTRACT I NO 1 WORK 8— Back to School