Van Alstyne High School - Panther Yearbook (Van Alstyne, TX)

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Standing in line for lunches in the ulacL line at the middle school cafe- teria kids wait anxiously for food. Brown bagging it. Eighth grader Ju- lie Bengston makes her way to the middle school cafeteria, instead of going to town. Chowing down. Neil Bodecker, Chris Murphy, Josh Stinton, and Terry Lawrence eat cafeteria food since they are not able to go to town. 16 STUDENT LIFE win

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Moments after victory. Queen Tammy Lynch and her court are es- corted around the field in Melanie Hynd's 1983 Mercedes . , 1 Tears of joy. Shed by junior Tammy ;' ' Lynch on the arm of her father 1 A, Charles Lynch as she is announced 1985 Homecoming Queen. Homecoming court. Queen, jr. T. Lynch and father C. Lynch, J. Tepera and daughter N. Tepera, T, Ruiz and daughter J. Wesson, W. Lane and niece Candace Wright. Close but no cigar. Junior Billy Wilson attempts an interception but the catch isn't made; That's okay because we still won the game. HOMECOMING 15

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o, J? 0- $1 l4 ; $$X' 1: g? g e vs? a in BE; 597015z2670 5g mm: 6470 2770 970 a U ' Uhaws M, 3570 Broken Tradition For many years past the middle school students have been allowed to have open campus with parental permis- sion, but this year has present- ed new ideas about lunch. This year the students are required to stay and eat lunch at school. But more important are the reasons for this change. VAISD Board Member Larry Renne explains, The main reason for the middle school closed campus was due to the safety hazards that existed. With the middle school being open, the kids had to walk and the high school students were in cars so it caused tremendous safety problems. The other reasons that were part of the decision made were that, Mr. Renne says, The board didn't feel that at that age the students would be able to get to town and eat a bal- anced meal in 35 minutes. Also, he stated, All of the oth- er middle schools in our dis- trict have a closed campus. But where does all of this leave the students? Some feel it isn't quite fair to them person- I like to sit and talk but I would rather go and eat somewhere else. Jenny Renne ally. Eighth grader, Bryan Morgan feels cheated because, Nobody really got hurt and not everyone was causing trou- ble. So now closed campus is be- ing put into affect and these kids must either buy their lunch in the cafeteria or bring their lunch from home. Sev- enth grader, Misty Wilson doesn't look forward to the idea of eating the school's food, It's terrible! I bring my lunch everyday! Though it does seem to sound harsh and unfavorable, it can't really be all that bad. Eighth grader, Jennifer Co- leman looks at closed campus from a different angle, It's not all that bad because you don't have to worry about getting to town and back in such a short amount of time. Time always brings change, though some may not seem to be reputable to begin with. Changes, with time, also brings rationality. So one tra- dition has been broken but a new tradition has been started. CLOSED CAMPUS 17