Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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Staff please with attitud With many changes taking place within the past few years, the on-going overcrowding, the retire- ment of Charles Schiffman, assistant principal, and the addition of Larry Peterson, assistant principal, the administration was still able to keep in stride. According to Beverly Lacy, vice principal, the school maintained a positive feeling even when faced with problems. Tokay is a really neat place as far as administra- tion is concerned, said Mrs. Lacy, We were really pleased with the school. Staff and students from other schools had problems that we didn't have. When we were faced with a problem we took it in stride. One of the goals set forth by administrators was to provide the best education possible and make Tokay a school which students and teachers wanted to attend. According to Mrs. Lacy, there was a good attidude that was present on the campus, Students came because they wanted to come and teachers wanted to teach. The climate at Tokay was overall a positive one, said Mrs. Lacy, You could walk around campus and see teachers and students interact. The big challenge for administration, according to Mrs. Lacy, was how to deal with the growing number of kids. We were looking at the Needham Plan, which would send the ninth grade class to Needham for part of the day, said Mrs. Lacy, The district looked into it, but it didn't go through. According to Mrs. Lacy, improving communica- tion with the minorities was a real challenge, but with new programs such as Human Relations Day, students began to communicate better. lt was a constant job trying to stay one step ahead of the students, concluded Mrs. Lacy. by Luis DeAnda photos by Mike McMurry I. Beverly Lacy, vice principal, looks over her schedule board with Secretary Ann Donati. 2. Checking through a list of names is Richard Abel, assistant principal. 3. Proudly displaying his collection of tigers is Bruce Lartimer, assistant principal. i 1... .3 . 2: , . ? ix 1 Plcasellselltlulla' lr ci' Z Aiwa!!! 'wif' L....................-11 A

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. , 1 1 ,I u. fl Schmidt fills new position In the Lodi Unified School District, the retirement of Ellerth Larson, superintendent of schools, was the biggest change. After numerous Interviews, the board of trustees found Neil Schmidt to fill the empty position. Dr. Schmidt said that the enthusiasm of the staff and community support were strengths of the Lodi Unified School District. The committment by the staff to constantly examine ways to improve what we're already doing well ls a strength itself, said Dr. Schmidt. According to Dr. Schmidt, the problem in the district is the housing of students. We're growing at a rate where the state is not able to supply funds quickly enough to build schools, said Dr. Schmidt. We may go to year round school If the board approves. The earliest it could take effect would be the fall of 1989. According to Robert Ball, newly-elected school board president, the majority of the school board members did not favor year-round school. My personal feeling is that the school board will not vote lfor year-round schooll, said Mr. Ball. They lmajorltyl feel that the Bear Creek High School will be on board and the extended-day schedule would continue. According to Dr. Schmidt, the district admlnl- strators wlll recommend that the ninth graders will not be bussed to Needham for the required classes of math, English, and social science. Even if we .place the ninth graders at Needham, two years later you would have an extended-day because of the population growth of students, said Dr. Schmidt. Dr. Schlmdt said that the search and seizure pollcy which was formed, was designed to establish a regulation for the process. The search and seizure policy was created so 'the dlstrlct will have a routlne procedure, said Mr. Ball. Board of Trustees photoa by Zurlel Cervantes 1. Martha McDonald, .Iapaneae teacher, and her ehldenta Mlcheel Bord, Shoua Lo, Caryle Young, Andrew Moore, and Aye lahlda preaent the progreaa of the new aubject during a achool board meeting. 2. Ronald Alaup, aaalaant auperlntendent, mentions year-round achool to obtain thoughts from other board lnelnhera. 3. Carefully Ilatenlng to other board members about year-round achool la Nell Schrnldt, newly appointed superintendent. i ii Q' 1 4 i l lil? .., W .V,. l i l l , l I Q l if 524 -- 'J' ---..M..yl 5' l 2 - f jl