Westlake High School - El Paisano Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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744911 of 7m a Boy, A Val Nu. a WORK DUTY. To make up time owed for Dahall, senior Phil Mason and junior Kevin Gallagher assist in cleaning out lockers at the end of school. Work details helped with summer preparations ranging from books to general cleaning. '-- - Saturday moming-a time to sleep late, eat a leisurely breakfast and head outside with a basketball and some friends or to the mall for a shopping spree. Maybe so for most students, but for those who had parked illegally, been tardy to class or had committed some equally horrendous crime, Saturday morning was spent in the German or French classroom doing time in de' tention hall. ul had D'hall back when it was an hour after school. . .everyone talked and chewed gum, and you just wasted an hour, senior Lynn Hollingsworth saidt uThen I got it last year, and it was a whole different deal. As punishment for petty mis' demeanors, students had to arrive at school by 8:00 am. Saturday morning and sit through anywhere from three hours for tardies to an accumulation of nine hours for class cuts. Talking, eating and sleeping were forbidden, and later in the school year, magazines and newspapers were banned and only homework allowed in the Dvhall room. uThis school is really strict-l'm just getting used to itf'junlor Megan New; meyer said. HIt gets so boring: this one guy was staring at my shoes for the last 20 minutes.H Receiving Dahall did give students a Are You Really In Troubl t1 REALLY DIDNtT MIND HELPING. YOU CANT BELIEVE THE MESSES SOME PEOPLE MAKE? M chance to do homework or contema plate on life, but most said that the disadvantages outweighed any benefits. uYou get cramps in your back and your legs because the desks are so un' comfortable, freshman Brett Arabie said. HYou canlt put your head down on the desks because theylre too small. A large number of people never had D'hall, but not necessarily because they were saints. HI do things that could get me D hall, but I just havenlt gotten caught, sophomore Rene Gillean said. liGet' ting D'hall wouldn't make me stop but it would make me think twice. Some offenders agreed that Dvhall was a leSSathan-effective method of punishment. Hl do mind ifl get nine hours, but three hours doesn't really help? sophomore Denese Thompson said. You just wait until you do all your hours, then go back and do the same thing again. But for those who wanted to spend their Saturday mornings in other ways, the disciplinarians made their point with the enforcement of a new, revised detention hall. HIt helps keep me out of trouble. Brett said. uOnce you get it you don't want to do it again. 142 Student Life

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IDCKER TALK Freshmanjulie EYES HAVE IT eraxingon the Bush talks with friends between class; commons much,1unior Dayna Maty- 65 on Monday about the Hbig events 56k is interrupted h hilt talking tojunv 0f the weekend. ior Danny Watersh COMMON GROUND. Lean- ing over the commons rail. couples, friends and acquaintances chit chat during the seven'minute break bev tween classes. STUDY BREAK For between class recreation, junior Brian Good kicks the hackysak to an uwaitingJot Barnes, junior, ax sophomore MartV u'illiams look on

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'1. JE CONFINEMENT. Utilizinghis time constructively, senior Don Carter works on a stretch m 155 Un-School Suspensiom. When in 135, students must complete assignments prepared for them bV' teachers SQUEAKY CLEAN. Inside and out, windows get a thorough cleanv ing compliments of senior Bryan Marv berry who substitutes work during the week that seniors were out rather than time in 138 or Saturday D'hall. PAPER CHASE. Junior Paula Shaffer works after school in a history classroom tidying under the teacher's desk. Maintenance workers got much needed endofr school help from rule offenders. 143 DrHall