West High School - Shaheen Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Mi? JAMES FOY, associafe principal, isfens fo a sfudenfs excuse for his fardiness. rpnoro by J. Mason MANY STUDENTS WERE caughf un- prepared in December for the Nrsf severe snowsrorm of the year. rpnoro by A.Hoyfj f , ,,ff, mb rler rrr wwf rx THE ATTENDANCE OFFICE was fuii of sfudenfs on many mornings because of fhe severe winter weather. rpnoro by J, Masafj Defenfions 23

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Doing Time in deTenTion hall XX . . .And rneywe off! ir was a race To see who could receive The mosT deTenTions, and as The compeTiTion closed in, one WesT sTudenT pulled ahead wiTh 84 in The fall semesTer. Mr. James Foy, associaTe principal, recalled ThaT ThaT was The mosT he had seen issued aT WesT High during his firsT year as an adminisTraTor. He also confirmed ThaT ap- proximaTely 'I5 sTudenTs received Them daily, so iT is easy To see how some persons were able To gain up To 75. BuT he also firmly sTaTed, lf They QsTudenTsQ are on Time To class or even in class aT all, iT's hard To geT a deTenTion. STudenTs who received de- TenTions were able To selecT aT which Time They wished To serve Them. The golden op- AMY PERALES, '85, Hnds somefhing fo laugh of while she makes up some defenfions. gpnoro by c. coirnsp 22 DeTenTions porTuniTies arose aT The sTarT of a fresh, new morning and aT The finish of a fun-filled afTer- noon. Each siTTing lasTed for a duraTion of 25 minuTes, and aT A: '15 p.m. every afTernoon, The deTenTion hall finally closed shop. lf sTudenTs received over Ten deTenTions and had no desire To serve Them, They were puT in sTrucTured sTudy hall, which was a new procedure from previous years. As Mr. Foy puT iT, STrucTured sTudy hall acTs as an incenTive To hurry Them up and geT Them served. According To lvlrs. Jac- queline McDowell, supervisor, an average of 'TAO sTudenTs made up deTenTions in The lasT days of second semesTer, buT There were a couple of days wiTh 460 sTudenTs seaTed from The lobby To The cafeTeria. HIT goT so bad, she said, ThaT on The lasT day I didn'T even discuss The no Talking rule. Mrs. Vodell Smifh, aTTen- dance office secreTary, of- fered a biT of advice. DeTen- Tions earned should be made up wiThin Two weeks afTer They've been received, she suggesTed. lf a sTudenT didn'T make Them up, parenTs were called in for conferences and more deTenTions were given. Some seniors could even be refused a diploma. Serving deTenTions was a Time-consuming parT of some sTudenTs' lives, especially Towards The end of The semes- Ter. AlThough for deTenTion hall regulars, iT was simply a maTTer of business as usual. qwrirren by M. Mifchell and J. Kaasy

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