Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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X 1. Dlligently reviewing year round school, president Floyd Dale, and Eleanor Todd, vice president make notes on the year round school proposal. 2. President Floyd Dale smiles to show he ls pleased that the year round school proposal was temporarily tabled. 3. Social Stu- dles chairperson, .loel Evans pre- sents a point of arguement to a board member. 76Q

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I . at f ' ,whwxh 3 V4 4 Asslstlng busy secretaries In the the possibility of year-round school attendence office is Richard Abel IS Principal Floyd Williams. Administration 75

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Trustees tabl proposa Students at Tokay and other high schools were relieved when Lodi Unified School District's board of trustees tabled the pro- posal for year round school to go into effect in the local high schools. During the first of the school year, many Tokay faculty mem- bers were involved in discovering the advantages and disadvanta- ges of year round school. One advantage was that it would allow Tokay's strained enrollment to be spread throughout the calen- dar year. On the year round schedule, students would be placed on tracks, only two tracks would run simultaneously so there would be two-thirds of the 5 total enrollment on campus at onetime. On the other hand, a disadvan- tage was that it would require the district to hire more teachers. Faculty members were conc- erned with the quality of educa- tion as the year round school schedule would disrupt extracur- ricular activities and elective classes such as band, choir, and shop. Following many discus- sions with students, parents, trustees, and faculty, the board of trustees decided to temporarily shelve the idea. Meanwhile dis- trict personnel visited Los An- geles' year round schools in order to study the possibility of the Lodi Unified School District converting to the schedule in the future. Another change that occured was after the smoking areas were removed from all high schools, Tokay put into effect that it was illegal to possess tabacco of any kind on campus. Students caught with any kind of tabacco would be suspended from cam- pus. The last change in the board of trustees was that they were seek- ing a person to replace Ellerth Larson, superintendent of schools, who announced his re- tirement. by Kimberlee Giberson Photos by Eric Johnston 4. Expressing his view to Tom Kaser, Tokay's economics teacher is Tom Bandelin, assistant superin- tendent. 5. Voicing her opionion on the year round school proposal is Eleanor Todd, board of trustees vice president. 6. John Vatsula, board member, sheds light on the subject of the smoking area contro- versy. Board of Trustees 77