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High Life Wednesday, September 29, 1999 News Growth spurt cramps students, faculty By Kate Boylan Reporter a I kii *■ This school year, Grimsley’s student body is by far one of the largest ever with over 600 freshmen and a total count of 1691 students. The amount of students is so excessive that one class contains 50 students, while in an other, a student is forced to sit on a win dow sill due to a short age of desks. The crowded hall ways and classrooms have made a huge im pact on student life at Grimsley. “It’s hard to get one -on- one atten tion when you have so many people in your class,” says Kara Sturey, a senior. The situation is not just an inconvenience for students, but for-the teachers as well. “Giving individual attention to students becomes prob- 1 ^ mates to get through the hallsto get to class on time. The hallway traffic jams have caused ^rdies. Students also findthemselves sharing lockers with two or even three other people. Ms. Rohan,who has 30 people in her homeroom, had only nine lockers tojassign to students. Where are all of these students coming from? Besides the as signed students, students from other high schools in Guilford County attend Grimsley. In fact, Grimsley contains at least one transfer student from every high school in the Guilford County School System, the main feeders being Page, Smith, Northeast, and Dudley. Also attending Grimsley are tuition students, who pay to take classes here. Students also transfer to Grimsley to participate in the International Baccalau reate Program, the Madri gals, and special technol ogy courses that are not of fered at their assigned 50 students filled Mr. Griffin’s 6th period Physics class duringthe first two weeks of school. This was a challenge for the students as well as Mr. Griffin. lematic. Dedicated teachers can become discouraged when over crowding exists,” says Mrs. Thome-Peoples. Due to the number of students, hallways are very crowded and students find themselves pushing and shoving their class- school. “These students want to come to Grimsley, which means we offer something that thej are good at,” says Mrs. Teague. As Grimsley continues to grow, administrators are working hard to make accomodations for new students. Jewe Cry & Qifts 20% off any regular priced item with this ad. Expires 10/30/99 Sterling Silver Tevielr'f including cholcers, rings, bracelets, j and earrings FLUf>....clothes, incense, hair accessories ^ more... 330 Tate St. (near UN661) phone Mon-Sat 10:30-0:30 New lot; Not exactly Park Place ' spaces are for student parking. “I By Kate Boylan Reporter The senior parking lot is now one of the many perks of being a senior at Grimsley, though it does [ have flaws that the administrators 1 are working on for next year. There are 315 seniors and only 1135 senior parking spaces. The cost of a, I parking permit for se- pniors who park in the (senior parking lot is |$15.00. However, because SI 1.00 (dollars of the cost of each space (will go towards the senior class [gift, the cost of the parking per- [mits for seniors who park in the (regular parking lot is also $15.00. Some seniors are also losing I their places to visitors who do [not know that the numbered think that the parking lot is a great idea, but they need to tell the par ents that the numbered spaces are for students,” says Becky Peterson, a senior. Although the senior parking lot has its flaws right now, moves are being made to improve the situation. The first few rows in the up per parking lot will soon be i turned into an extension of the senior parking lot. Other ideas are also being consid ered for next year, such as a lot tery for the senior spaces. Although Mrs. Teague must help direct traffic after school and the area is congested at 3:30, she is pleased with the additional lot. “It’s wonderful, but not perfect,” says Mrs. Teague. Experience tke Oifference. I Tlne Triads most resf>ected dealer. East Bessemer Avenue at Yanceyville St Greensboro 275-9641 Scheduling Continued from page 1 Many upper level classes are only offered once a day, and, as a result, the overlying of these courses occurs every year. Some students have en^Jty periods, during which they have to be office assistants or study in the library. These singleton classes have especially af fected seniors who are taking mostly AP and IB classes that are only offered once a day due to low enrollment. Senior Emily Turner says, “I was signed up for Calculus, but when I received my schedule, it wasn’t on there, so I went to die counseling center and waited four and a half hours. I finally got everything worked out that day, but on the first day of school I got the wrong schedule again. I went to all the wrong classes for three days, and I finally had to drop a class to make my other courses fit” According to Mrs. Barbee, a guidance coun selor, this scheduling ordeal has affected every one in the school. “It’s not fair to teachers who are trying to get the school year up and running with more than the anticipated number of stu dents in each class and stiU try to give each stu dent individual attention. The guidance counse lors are under the stress of being en^iathetic to students while not having a ready solution,” says Mrs. Barbee. Ms. Raynor emphasized the urgency of work ing out scheduling conflicts. “We’re not stressed, but we are urgent to get students into classes. For some this happens earher than others. It all depends on what the desired class is and what teachers are available,” says Ms. Raynor. Seniors are not the only students who had difficulties with their schedules. Sophomore Emily Johnson’s classes were too fuU, so some students had to be switched to different periods. As a result, she lost her two favorite teachers. “Just as you start to settle in with the sched ule for the year, you are plucked out of that setting and everything is changed around with new teachers and new classes,” says Johnson. Junior Maital Guttman was signed up for Hebrew, but it was canceled, leaving her with a choice of classes that were not right for her. The classes that she wanted to take were fuU, which did not leave her wifli many options. She was also in the overloaded Physics class. “It was fun being with all those people, but I don’t think it would have worked weU for the whole year. I’m sure it was very hard on Mr. Griffin to have that many people in one class,” says Guttman Both Mr. Griffin and Mrs. White agree that the counselors worked hard and did their best with what they had to work with. “What few students realize is that we reaOy try to have as few changes as possible,” says Mr. Grif fin. Mrs. White hopes that next year the teachers will play a larger role in looking for scheduling conflicts. “Maybe we could look at a master schedule before any stu dents are assigned to classes,” says Mrs. White. Mrs. Barbee thinks that preparing for next year’s schedule will be difficult. ‘To the extent that we can control (the process) we can prepare for it. However, we can’t know until ten days into the school year how many teachers we will receive,” says Mrs. Barbee. She does think that the designated days for each grade to come in with sched ule conflicts helps the counselors out a lot. This way students can receive individual at tention before school starts. “It’s been a tough beginning of tiie year,” says Mrs. White. ♦ This issue of the High Life is dedicated to Mrs. Teague, who so generously supplied the staff with eight brand new computers, without which it would be impossible to publish the paper. We thank her for recog nizing the High Life as a vital part of stu dent life at Grimsley.
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