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fees and fines enhance day-to-day life
S tu d e n ts have th e
The administration purchases items
o p p o ru n ity to ta k e
for the student body with money from
a d v a n ta g e o f
student parking fines, pop machines and
m a n y d i f f e r e n t
the school's activities fund. “We try to
c o m p u t e r p r o
purchase things that benefit the student
g ra m s such as a
body," Dr. Bruckner said. “SGO (Stu
“ French f o r Mas
dent Government Organization) pro
t e r y ” program .
posed the idea of the commons being a
comfortable place for students to con-
gregate, and we tried to do that with the I t te lls th e tim e,
rugs, benches, etc.” Senior Stephanie t e m p e r a t u r e ,
Pellettera agreed with this idea and said, b i r t h d a y s and
Sschool should have let us (the o th e r good new s.
“This
students) in on some of the decision T h i s $1 6 , 0 0 0 sign
making since it was our money and we w a s in s ta lle d in
had to be here too.” Pellettera said she Fe b ru a ry o f 1 9 9 2 .
contributed money with a few parking p h o to by JOSH
tickets. PETERSON
Dr. Bruckner liked the idea of having
the student body decide where the money
GSalkie-talkies
goes but said that wasn't seen much in
seem ed to be a
the past. “We need student recommen new craze at
dations to tell us what they want to see. R&lstonl
Ra lsto n High
The school auditor told us we had to use H igh School I School. A d m in is
the interest off of our activities fund for t r a t o r Garry
something, and we (the administration) IT Jurgens used
made a decision. The marquee sign was
th e m mainly to
something we felt that all students could
com m unicate
use.” Pellettera did not agree with that
w ith th e c u sto d i
decision and said, “We could have used
ans, parking lot
the money for the roof or to have a new
su p e rv iso rs and
climate control system for the school;
office personnel,
everyone complains about that.” Trish
p h o to by
Jensen, another senior who had been BROOKE
fined, talked sarcastically about the pur MADSEN
chase of the walkie-talkies and golf cart
for the security of the parking lot and
building. “I personally felt much safer
knowing the teachers and administrators
had those toys, 1 mean tools, for my
safety and 1 think even I could have more
than likely out run a golf cart.”
i fines paid for school improvements. Dr.
Whatever the case, student fees and
Bruckner asked for ideas and finally
made purchasing decisions.
NICKI MCMANIGAL
was a d irty job , b u t so m e b o d y
’ had to do it! Averaging fo u r
tickets a day and close to 7 2 0 a
year, S u p e rv is o r Bob Overman
gravely w rite s o u t a $ 5 tic k e t fo r
failure to display a parking p e rm it
which w a s th e m o s t com m on ci
ta tio n . p h o to b y RA C H EL
SHIVELY
