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Volume 72 No. 4
Grimsley High School
801 Westover Terrace
Greensboro. NC 27408
Febmary 19,1996
Wimiecs of the 1996 Scholastic Awards from
Grimsley are Brook Bower, Gold Key, Emily
Schiller, Gold Key, Michael Duehring, Gold
Key, Michael Smith, Gold Key (2), Shannon
Gray, Hallmark and Gold Key (2), and Tracy
Spencer, Gold Key. These students' artwoik
has been selected as being among the best in
the state.
^^Cirls Just Wanna Have Fun" Grimsley's
1996 T.W.I.R.P. is on Saturday, February 24
from 9pm to lam at the downtown Hilton.
Tickets are $10 and willbe on sale in the main
office before and after school and during both
lunches starting Monday, February 19. They
will not be available at the door.
Patrick Kinlaw, a senior, was named
January's Youth of the Month by Greensboro
Parks and Recreation. He received a $100
scholarship and a nomination forYouth of the
Year.
Grimsley and Page will meet again on the
basketball court on Tuesday, February 20. The
womens'game begins at 6:00pm, and the men
play at 7:30pm. Tickets are $4, and are avail
able at the door.
At Super Saturday, February 10, 1996,
Grimsley's High IQ Team placed second out
of 35 competing teams. The team will be
seeded second out of the eiglit qualifying teams
that will compete in the television tournament.
The team members are Jimmy Nehlsen, James
Khanlarian, Maia Kaplan, Robert Smith, and
Patrick BGnlaw. They are coached by Mr.
Williamson and Mr. Whisenant.
Come Away. Death, a murder mystery set
in a present day costume company, will be per
formed at Grimsley in early March. The date
is not yet officially set. The lead roles are held
by Michael Ferry, Robbie Griffin, BekiBulla,
Amanda Bayne, Kevin Gilhgan, Vaden Ball,
Jessica Brown, and Lisa Ellisor.
Long break means short summer
By Brian Schiller
StaffWriter
It was early on Sunday the seventh of
January when Guilford County Public
Schools made the annoimcement that tliey
would be closed to both students and fac
ulty on both Monday and Tuesday. School
officials had decided that the 11.5 inches of
snow that which was dumped on the Pied
mont during the preceding weekend war
ranted closing schools two days in advance,
a practically unprec
edented event in
Guilford County.
Following the
Blizzard of 1996 most
local school systems
had to cancel the en
tire week of January
14th and many more
also had to cancel the
Tuesday and
Wednesday following
Martin Luther King
Jr. Day. Then, as if
missing one week of
school was not
enough, students
were kept at home for
an additional five
days from February
2-8. The twelve days
celed due to the weather. Once school has
been scheduled on the two available days
during spring break, April 11 and 12, there
are very few other times that school can be
made up.
Feeling the biggest pinch from the
snowdays are those taking l.B./ A.P. courses.
These classes have exams scheduled starting
in May that will not be put off until a later
date. Consequently, many of the teachers of
these courses are very concerned about be
ing able to get all of their material done.
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School buses sat empty
liome for five days.
of instnictionlost due to the snow are caus
ing many teachers and students a lot of
trouble.
As a result of the two weeks of unex
pected vacation, there havebeen majorre-
visions to the school system’s calendar for
the remainder of the school year. The ma
jority of the days will be made up by the
adding onto the end of the year. It is certain
that students will be coming to school
through lime 8 as well as on the 19th of
February which was formerly a teacher
workday. Though no official decision has
yetbeen made on how the latest snow days
will be made up it has been recommended
that students come to school through the
twelfth of lune in addition to coming to
school on March 15 which is currently
scheduled as a teacher workday.
One consideration of tire school board is
thepossibUity that more school will be can-
during the recent ice storm, while students stayed at
“I hope that we can get it all in,” said Mr.
Griffm who teaches the l.B. Physics classes.
“Since this is the first time we’ve given the
exam I don’t know how thorough we have to
be. I do wish that we had that week.”
The l.B. History of the Americas classes
wiU be coming to school during one week
end in February and one weekend in March to
attempt to make up for lost time.
Even the teachers of some classes that don’t
have to worry about exams until June have
picked up the pace.
“A lot of tlrem have gone frantic, shoving in
a lot of homework. They’ve gotten careless, leav
ing out important material,” said Libbi Dixon, a
junior.
Apparently it will be necessary to nuss some
otherpotential school events due to the lost time.
“I’ve already had to say no to apep assembly
request from the student council,” said
Mr.Penland. He added that he didn’t feel com
fortable having students miss more class time
tire first full week back in school.
The athletics schedule for the remainder of
the month has also been affected. Many teams
missed several scheduled evaits on days that
school was canceled. Even after returning to
school other conflicts arose as other counties
struggled to complete their exams and get their
schools back on schedule.
Tire teachers are also going to suffer Irom the
snow days beyond the headache ofhecticclasses.
It is not yet decided how tire first two days that
celedforfacultyas
well as students
will be worked
out with theteadr-
ers. There is the
potential for
teachers either
havirrgtotakethe
days out of their
limited total of
persorral and an
nual leave days, or
having to com
pensate for the
time by working
extra hours after
school.
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of local trarrqror-
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perintendent Jerry Weast makes the call on
whether or not school wUl be canceled or de
layed. Marry employees of the school system
are sent out to check the roads for hazardous
conditioms; their observatiorrs are then consid
ered by the adrrrinistration before issuing an an
nouncement pertaining to the school schedrrle
the following day.
Many Greensboro and county residents have
spokenloudly against the adrrrirristrationforhav-
ingbeen too cautiorrs in sending students back
to school at the student’s expense.
“We rrrissed a lot of school, but tire time was
wonderful. Urrforturratelythougftinalotofmy
classes we are behind in what we were study
ing,” said Christina Chenault, a sophomore.
There has also been abrmdant criticism for
the city workers as well as the city government
for not having prrshed to get the roads clear so
students corrldrqrortto school. Numerorrs resi
dents have told stories of plows and salt tmcks
that drove along their streets with out rrsing their
plows or ^readers, essentially just driving along
acconrplishing nothing. Others foimd tlrat the
streets irrfront of their homes were still brrtied
under the majority of the 11.5 inches a week
afterthestorm withoutaroadcrewinsi^tand
the workos eqrr^ment parked in nearby paik-
inglots.
Althou^ many teachers and studaits enjoyed
the time off the prolonged return to school is
going to carrse many people trorible in the rrp-
coming months. The group least affected by all
of this are the seniors as graduation is still on for
Jrme 3.