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Monday, September 28, 1992
Grimsiey High School Greensboro, N.C.
Volume LXVIII, Number 1
Gillespie’s closing forces students to adjust
by Steven Shuman
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Changes
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campus
By Brent Bulla
When brousing through your closet
looking for tomorrow's attire, don't even
think about the Budweiser or Corona
shirts.. "Clothing which advertises or
depicts alcohol, drugs, sex, or violence is
strictly prohibited."
This rule, and others, have been added
to Grimsley's code of conduct. A one
hour after-school detention has replaced
one day ISS for six unexcused tardies to a
class. If a person accumulates these six
unexcused tardies, he or she gets one day
prior notice to his or her detention.
Also, all buildings but the Old and New
Science are closed until 8:20am on
school days.
Some rules have been modified.
Fighting was a frequent event last year
and now has a stricter punishment. Last
year, a person caught fighting was given
two days OSS. This year, there is direct
police involvement. The most enjoyed,
and brief, modification to a rule was 1 lb,
which said: "Sudents in the 11th and
12th grades must have written
permission from a parent or legal
guardian to leave campus for lunch."
Apparently, this was a misprint and was
soon corrected.
Ryan Robinson contributed to this
article.
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Back
Whirlies!
With the start of the 1992-1993
school year, Greensboro City Schools will
experience some change. This past April,
students of the Gillespie Alternative
Education Program were informed that
they would be attending their original
school in the fall because of their current
school's closing.
AcccM-ding to Greensboro Secondary
School System Director Bennie Higgins,
the closing was caused by a combination
of reasons. First, the program was causing
a significant financial loss. The school
board received drastic budget cuts causing
monetary strain, stated Higgins. Secondly,
on the whole, the program had proved to
be unsuccessful. After reviewing records,
the board came to the conclusion that the
attendance and behavior had worsened at
Gillespie.
However, this closing is not an
isolated case. An alternative program,
much like that of Gillespie's, in
Wilmington, N.C. closed down for similar
reasons. Mr. Higgins commented that
while this may not be a national trend,
this closing should not seem uncommon.
To compare Grimsiey to Gillespie,
Gillespie offered fewer courses allowing
for more flexible scheduling. Gillespie
also had fewer students, which gave them
more opportunity for one-on-one teaching
and counseling. Normally there were
seven to eight students per class which
gave the teacher the ability to be more
creative with her lesson plan, stated
Higgins. Teachers often uied to give the
subject matter practical value by
applying the course content to the
outside world and field trips were often
planned allowing the students to apply
their knowledge.
Other differences were in regards to
discipline and its enforcement. There was
also a fully equipped clinic which had a
full-time nurse, doctor and social worker.
This clinic has now moved to the Home-
Economics Building here at Grimsiey and
the nursery was moved to Brooks
School.
The success of the Gillespie
students is a major concern of Mr.
Higgins. "We need positive role models.”
Mr. Higgins said in reference to the
interaction between former Gillespie
students and students of other schools.
He feels that it is important and will be a
positive experience for them to "lub
shoulders" with students such as junior
marshalls or honor roU students. Higgins
also feels that creative teaching will be a
key in helping these students in making
a successful transition. WTiile "they
marched to a different drum" at
Gillespie, Higgins feels that they will fit
in well at their new school.
Shooting prompts
increased security
By Brian Dimmick
When most students think about
the high school football season, images
of tailgate parties and long touchdown
passes come to mind. Gunshots and
metal detectors usually are not a part of
these images.
Unfortunately, when students talk
about the football season that has just
started, they arc as likely to be thinking
of violence and security as of offensive
and defensive plays. On August 28, the
first night of the new season, a gunshot
interrupted the football game between
Smith and Dudley, and the results have
been felt throughout the city schools.
The Smith-Dudlcy game had to be
suspended in the third quarter after a gun
was fired in the stands. One spectator
was shot in the thumb. Police later
arrested a man charged with firing the
gun. Neither the man chargctl with
shooting the gun nor the victim were high
school students.
After the shooting, city school
officials adopted several measures in an
attempt to improve security at the
remaining football games. Metal detectors
were installed and were used at the
September 4 game between Smith and
Grimsiey. Everyone entering the stands
walked through the metal detectors.
which are much like those used at
airports. Also, new lights were installed
around the stadium area to improve
security. Police officers and volunteers
were also in the stands to monitor the
crowd. With these added security
measures in place and scheduled to
remain for the duration of the sea.son,
school officials hope that future sporting
events w ill be free of violence.
A Message To Our Readers...
High Life will have a new look this year. However,
at the present time, our staff is overcoming financial and
technical difficulties. This issue is the final conventional
newspaper. For the remainder of the year, look forward to
color, a new layout, and a wide variety of student-interest
articles.
We appreciate your support,
HiehLife editors