Page 4 LETTER TO THE EDITOR One of the growing problems at Highacres is student parking con ditions. Many gripes are being heard from students as well as faculty members, concerning the issuing of permits and the manner in which the cars are parked by the drivers. Perhaps we should publish a manual of correct parking proced ures for the drivers who think that the yellow line should be directly underneath the car. Also, someone should tell certain drivers that the areas without lines are traffic zones for moving vehicles - not their re served parking spaces. The State Police should move the Driving Center to our upper lot. It is one of the finest obstacle courses in the area, complete with empty booze bottles and mis-parked cars. It has been said that the freshmen were issued permits to park in the lower lot,-while sophomores were issued stickers for the upper lot. Yet, some lucky freshmen are hold ers of upper lot permits. It ap pears to us that the lower lot stick ers are given to the drivers who buy their permits first, while the ones who purchase their permits later receive upper lot stickers. We think that the present system of parking is unfair to some. We suggest that the school remedy the situation by abolishing the upper lower lot classification. One stick er should be used for both lots, enabling all to have a chance at parking in the upper lot. During the early periods, there are many spaces in the upper lot, yet, many are forced to walk up the mountain to school. When this proposed new system was explained to one of the faculty members, he remarked that the abolition of lot classification FACULTY-STUDENT COMMITTEE MEETS TO DISCUSS MID-TERM GRADES In recent weeks there has been a growing controversy on our campus concerning the necessity and value of the mid-term grading system at Highacres. The basic complaint of some students and faculty has stemmed from the conviction that these grades, which are given at the end of each five week period, are either meaningless when com pared to the final grade or are not really a precise, accurate evalu ation of progress. As a result of this controversy, Dr. Staudenneier arranged to have a committee of both faculty and students meet to discuss the pro blem and to air contrasting view points. Those faculty members attending were Mr. Aurand, Mr. Bobby, Mr. Defina, Mr. Mattern, Mr. Parkin, Mr. Paul and Dr. Stau denmeier. The students present were John Barletta, Lia Ciotola, Sal DeFazio, John Gallagher, George Kashi and Alexa Timko. Mr. Kostas was also present to express his views on the subject, as administrator. The meeting took place on Feb. 22, 1968, in M-208 at 3:30 P.M. Although there was a strong feel ing that there is something lacking in our present system, there was an equally strong feeling that to do would undoubtedly result in mass confusion every day. We maintain that after the first week of classes there should not be any cause for confusion, since the students will be following the same schedule each week. They should know by Highacres Collegian away with the entire system would harm the student rather than help him. As is mentioned above, the cons for this argument centered around the fact that mid-term grades are considered by many to be an ineffective means of judging pro gress. On the other hand, there were those who were convinced that mid-term grades are essential for the students as a means of de termining their progress by the fifth week. After an hour and a half of what at times became a rather heated debate, the meeting was adjourned with one possible solution suggest ed. This solution was to abolish the A, B, and C grades. The D and F grades, it was reasoned, are still imperative for the student who is failing or close to failing a course. Dr. Staudenmeier is now preparing a student survey to determine ex actly what the entire student body attitude is on the mid-term question, and, also, wether they are for or against the suggested solution. This survey may serve as a pre lude to stronger action or may in dicate that the majority of students prefer to maintain the present sys tem. md of the first few days when schedules would permit them id a space in the upper lot. the ei their to fin> Robert Fogarty
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