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Administrators supervise
procedures
day-to-day
Like any great leader, the
principal of administration at
any high school has to start
somewhere.
Coaching may have been
the long way around that
goal, but principal , Mr. Cecil
Pirkey found coaching here at
WMHS several years ago the
perfect opportunity to gain
administrative traits.
" Organization, delegating to
the proper people and the
supervision of those people,"
are duties all in a day's work
for Mr. Pirkey.
One-sixth of the student
body had some sort of change
in schedule at midterm. Mr.
Gene Ford, assistant principal,
in charge of schedule changes,
finds the number increasing
every year; and the
re-scheduling, along with
keeping the class count level,
and supervising the
money-making projects for
clubs kept Mr. Ford busy.
According to Mr. Ken Bates,
assistant principal in charge of
discipline, the number of
ever-dreaded pink slips that go
through teachers' hands down
to his office vary each day.
State rules set guidelines for
Mr. Bates to follow with
disciplinary actions, and both
he and Mr. Allen agree that
detention serves its purpose as
an effective punishment.
Some detention sentences
are distributed by Mr. Walter
Allen, assistant principal in
charge of attendance, for an
abundance of tardies.
Check-outs and absentees are
also a major job handled by
Mr. Allen.
LEFT:
Teachers honor Mr. Pirkey prior to his
induction in ETSU Hall of Fame.
ABOVE
lEFT:
In charge of discipline, Mr. Ken Sates, assistant principal takes a break
while his office is empty. ABOVE: Mr. Gene Ford completes forms for more than BOO
schedule changes at mid-term.
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