Page 6 - PINE CREST 1985

The Never-ending Day

Longer Classes Mean Harder Work

s the new school was twenty-one minutes
year dawned, stu­ longer than ever before.
A dents, faculty, and “I tend to doze off a bit
staff greeted it with mixed during class now," com­
feelings of uncertainty, mented sophomore Trevor
anxiety, reflection, and ex­ Markley. "I just can't sit still
pectation. At the opening for fifty minutes. It’s a lot
of this new year, however, of work!" Amy Milner, an
only one point became eighth grader, presented
clear: students and another point of view: “I
teachers alike were going think it's a good idea. We
to have to work harder. can learn a lot in those five
When the Florida State extra minutes. I just don't
Legislature passed the like the short lunch per­
“RAISE Bill,” lengthening iods.”
the public school day, Pine Fortunately, at the con­
Crest knew that some clusion of the year, most
changes had to be made in students and teachers man­
order to compete with, and aged to survive this new
surpass, the public schools. format of working over­
As a result, each class time.
period was increased from
forty-five to fifty minutes,
and the school day ran
In the senior quadrangle, ninth
from 8:35 a.m. to 3:24 p.m. grader Natalie Umbert studies for
In other words, the day her upcoming biology test.

Working at an IBM in the Com- During their eighth period
puter Lab, freshmen Charles geometry class, juniors Tony
Medrano and Chris Rogers run Monasterio and Helen Lee concen-
their Easy Writer program. trate on taking good notes.

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