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Activitie s director Ron Park checks hi s master calendar to
make sure the dates, times and activities correspond. Keeping School Board
organized kept him busy during hi s last year at MN.
Barne s)
Wyatt , the school's new assistant principal, talks to a
' parent at parent/teacher conferences in October.
Carey)

Ron Witt
Superintendent

Diana Faust Jay Matzke Elaine Lamberty

Pi cture Not
Available

Kathleen Schmidt Mary Beth Heavrin Cliff Herd

Leadership M~kes Jobs Easier

The challenges of di sciplining over2300 found them easily accessible. "As part of their
students and running a large school was not new jobs, they have to be strict a iot of the time, but
to the administrators ofMN. What was new, was they are easy to talk to. They may not agree with
the new assistant principal Linda Wyatt, and the what I want or say, but I know they will at least
addition of in-school suspension. listen," senior Angie Deck said.
The school had seen many changes over Students thought that the administration
the years, and with it came new di sc ipline. A was easy to deal with, but the administration
great deal of it had to do with the population of the thought it was easier to deal with the students.
student body. Going from a senior class of 340 "This year's senior class has shown a lot of
students to 550 students in a few years, made the leadership. I think it is because of this, that there
administrators' jobs more difficult, and required seems to be more school spirit than in recent
some changes to be made. years. One of the main contributors to this is the
In-school suspension was added to dis- addition of the Drug-Free Team, which I feel
cipline those who did not serve their Saturday gives students good alternatives to trouble,"
schools. "Adding the in-school suspension has Fitzekam said.
helped out a great deal in disciplining, because the Generally, the relationship between the
students get better attention there, than they do administration and the students was seen as the
Talking in the administration office are vice principals Dave sitting in an office," vice principal Dave Fitzekam discipliner and the one who got disciplined. De-
Fitzekam and Sandra Bagley. They dealt with most of th e said. spite that stereotype, the two depended on each
disciplinary actions in the school. (Kent Barnes) Although the administrators get the repu- other for a well-run school. 0
On the first day of school, principal Ike Pane helps freshmen tation of being strict, the majority of the students --K'Iidi R~
Ogaz and Ray Rose find the room where they can pick
their class schedul es. (Michelle Bert)