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- I ’-f -.» - EVENING HEHALD. Thurs., May 8. 1980 ‘Senioritis uncurable A MHS principal says Ileactioii varies iiimrbfstpr liv I.Vl KKN D VVIS SlllvA —Gifted college-bound students other California school districts. llrriild K<‘|iorlcr bored by repetitive, watered-down Okayed by state law, Project Furlough allows a senior with M \NniKSTi;i{— There is no high .school courses. legitimate reason to leave school for to budget cut hope for sufferers of senioritis. ac­ —Students who like to work with their hands and are anxious for a year to work, do independent study, cording to Manchester High School not only to accept the manager’s cuts .,1 hands-on instruction outside a or travel. By LAUREN DAVIS SHEA Principal Jacob Ludes III, but to make additional cut of $54,733. classroom format. Senioritis is joining teacher burn­ Herald Reporter “Of course we were saddened by out as newly coined terms t.hat aptly —Those helping to care for younger —Amity Regional Senior High, children or aged relatives at home MANCHESTER - Reactions to the cut, but we do realize that they describe age-old maladies. Woodbridge, Conn.: Five credits a give us an increase over last year,” while both parents work. the Board of Directors' decision to Senioritis afflicts teens itching to year for working 16 hours a week for Eleanor Coltman, chairman of the Vol. XCIX, No. 188 — Manchester, Conn., Friday, May 9,1980 • Since 1881 • 2(5» —Discouraged underachievers. chop $165,991 from the Board of plant their feet in the real world or on pay or as a vdliinteer in a business Education’s $17,667,854 1980-1981 Board of Education’s Personnel and Sick of failure, they want to drop out unit with an on-thO-Job sponsor. a college campus. Its symptoms in­ budget ranged from disappointment Finance Committee, said. at the first legally permissible time. —Ballard Memorial High. Barlow, clude a dispirited frarhe of mind, on the part of officialh to anger on the Added Board of Education Chair­ M ils proftrani unique Ky.: Paducah Community College, absenteeism, and restlessness, with part of citizens. man John Yavis, "We are mindful severe sufferers experiencing student branch of the University of Ken­ Despite Ludes’ dire expectations of Mrs. Shelly Aronson, who co­ that the town has committed $1,230,- tucky, sends a professor to Ballard, burn out. failure. Manchester High School chaired the PTA Budget Study Com- 000 over last year's budget and that is offers a number of programs for While the National Association of 26 miles away, to teach two college mittee said today ‘‘What do a substantial increase. Now, we’ll Secondary School Principals thinks it these types of students, with one that courses; Political Science and World New material needed townspeople have .to do to get atten­ have to make adjustments in our has a solution to the problem. is original to MHS. Politics. For three college credits tion from the Board of Directors? budget.” fing problem with the commission, Intermediate care excludes materni­ application is accepted. Another 30 Manchester High School Principal Director of Guidance Anne apiece. By MARTIN KEARNS Last year, we had fewer townspeople Those adjustments were attacked Kenney intimated. ty, pediatrics and Intensive care ser­ days can be awarded the commission Jacob Ludes has his own opinion of Beechler said the school offers a —Burnsville High, Burnsville, Herald. Reporter participate in the education budget by Mrs. Aronson who said , "The A spokesman for the Commission vices. if an Institution agrees with its senioritis. program known as the University of Minn.; Students may graduate at end process and they didn't cut it. This small-hurts this budget is taking are MANCHESTER - Manchester on Hospitals and Health Care today The hospital’s renovation plan request for more time to study an His initial answer to any queries on Connecticut Cooperative. It allows of any marking period in which they New cathedral year, we had tremendous citizen in­ growing into a large wound. There is Memorial Hospital’s application for had no knowledge of Manchester would reorganize bed space to create application. the disease concentrate on making students to attend only high school have fulfilled graduation Dr. Robert Schuller, founder and pastor of church whose walls consist of 10,000 tinted put and they cut it.’’ going to come a time when we’re a $26 million expansion and renova­ Memorial’s request. ‘’What applica­ more intermediate care openings. sure it is correctly diagnosed. for three years, spend another year requirements. Commencement held Superintendent of Schools Jam es going to see cuts in places that tion project—f il^ in early April with tion is that,” Public Information Of­ Kenney said some of the informa­ Manchester Memorial's applica­ "Spring fever is frequently confused going to both high school and college, four times a yeaT. the Garden Grove, Calif., Community glass panes mounted in a web of steel rods. Kennedy said today he would seek in­ everyone is against, and at that point the state Commission on Hospitals ficer William Edwards said when tion requested by the commission tion has, therefore, a minimum of 90 with senioritis.” says Ludes. "Now, and then spend three years in college —East Lansing High, East Lan­ Church, stands in the balcony of his new, soon The towering cathedral has 3,000 seats. (UPI put from Mrs. Aronson’s committee it will be too late.” and Health Care —has not yet been asked the status of the hospital’s cannot be answered by the hospital. days before a decision is rendered spring fever affects everyone." before graduating. sing, Mich.: Senior option provides to be inaugurated. Crystal Cathedral, a giant photo) to look for places to make the cuts. Added Mrs. Coltman, “Probably accepted. request. He said some kind of resolution —should the commission accept the However, once the various symp­ Even Ludes admits there may be a off-campus learning opportunities Education officials have maintained what this comes down to is that we’ll The commission recently asked for A w ards referred the inquiry to would have to be ironed out because application today. toms have been studied, and it is glimmer of hope for senioritis suf­ during entire or second half of senior throughout the budget process that do without for another year.” She eight pages of information to supple­ the state Attorney General’s Office some data concerns other in­ clear the young adult is suffering ferers with programs such as these year. Students plug into work BADIO SHACK PRICE FREEZE! NOT ONE SINGLE ITEM PRICE HAS the proposed budget contained no im­ said she had no idea what would be ment the hospital’s 600 page applica­ which is handling a hospital-initiated stitutions not related to Manchester from senioritis. Ludes still breaks in the community. experience, college courses for The state Freedom of Information INCREASED SINCE JULY 1. 1979 provements, and was already a bare Cut but that the board would look to tion. suit against the commission. The Memorial. with the association. ^ In a recent "Curriculum Report" credit, community or government We piomise to hold the line against inflation Commission recently excepted the bones beast. the administration to make Hospital Executive Director hospital has charged the commission Kenney also said the commission It is terminal the NASSP gives this sampling of volunteer service, foreign travel or with no price increases through at least June commission from minor violations of 30 Shop now and gel the full benefit of low 79 Kennedy said it is too early to know suggestions. Edward M. Kenney said Wednesday violated the Freedom of Information has been relieved of regulatory state open-meeting taws due to staf­ "I am convinced that senioritis is a programs from across the country as study. prices In 80' ________ specific areas that will be cut, Yavis had ah idea that ‘T m sure he considers the application com­ Act during its budget hearings last duties over the state’s nursing home fing demads. FOI commissioners terminal disease. I know the cause, options for seniors; adw/haeH there will be a review of ad- —Spring Valley High, Columbia, although he said the staff will-try to plete and called the commission’s summer. industry. In the process the commis­ refused to honor Manchester but there is no known cure,” he says Other progtrums ministrativh costs in an effort to S.C.: Executive intern program, make cuts in "things more than request unnecessary. With each month that passes sion lost “a whole block of work,” Memorial’s request that reductions straightfaced. —Keystone Oaks High, Pittsburgh, keep the budget changes as far from adapted from similar programs in people.” When Town Manager Kenney said hospital staff spent before the expansion is completed the executive director said. in its current operating budget be "The cause for this problem is that Pa.: Hillsborough County, Fla., and Robert Weiss announced in March the classroom as possible.” about six months working with the the hospital loses about $200,000 to in­ The commission can allegedly con­ reinstituted since the commission because so much of what is done in Community-based learning has been Montgomery County, Md. Seniors that he would recommend a cut of Dr. Kennedy said he expected to commission and representatives flation, Kenney has said. trol the amount of work required of had changed its budget hearing times high school is geared toward the recognized by the State Department spend a semester with an official in $111,258, school officials said they discuss the budget at the Board of from the Health Systems Agency of In addition, the amount of it.

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