Thomas Jefferson High School - Monticello Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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WITH THE SHIFTING tardy policy students, like Rob McDarby, often run to class. ALTHOUGH INITIALLY AWK- WARD, the fourth period pep ral- lies kept student spirit at an all time high.

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an - 5: . New state-wide policies It happened! All those threats of stricter academic demands came true. An extra period, added graduation requirements, a longer day, and tighter school policies geared us up for the 150 hours of time we were to spend in class. But after awhile we got used to WITH THE EVALUATION in mind, Principal Ed Ballas corrects a scheduling problem. WITH THREE English courses, foreign ex- change student Sandra Dastur is often seen do- ing vocabulary assignments. ,fx 93 xx if demand administrators and teachers to begin Q gi., 4!Opening the eighth period and longer day. We even managed to get rowdy in the fourth period pep rallies, and we tolerated extended homerooms for Wednesday club meetings. But trying to remember if we were on assembly schedule or not drove everybody bananas! It was not unusual to hear Assistant Principal Andrew Law's voice over the intercom reminding us, Yes, today you will report to homeroom. X.. , , ,, .T K N. nw ff-1 Hr- pf :'rsKij f 4- ., . V Ngrx nn , ,. , J ,H . ,x 5 '1 , . .11 - ,-,siluiig it ,-fx J ,win -I A J fry- S:-.1 '- 'Q 5 531 -1 ' T

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They previewed, viewed, and reviewed us while we coped with Shifting Gears Opening M '-A wifvtih DEPARTMENTAL EVALUATION NOTES keep Mr. Johnny Johnson and Mr. David Kraemer busy. PREPARING for the first day of school, French teacher Mrs. Dorothy Carregal decorates her room. , 1,1-.. N .rf ,.- Like new recruits frantically polishing their belt buckles for inspection, so too the administration prepared the school's academic appearance for our ten year evaluation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Every American flag was in place and every library book was in correct proportion to the enrollment. Teachers attended faculty meetings on Tuesdays aside from the individual departmental meetings. They often felt overworked and underpaid. Beside the excessive workload, veteran students and faculty did not mind the inspection, for it allowed them to boast of the school they had so long been proud.