Drugs started to become an issue for parents during this decade. I have heard our students referred to as being uninformed, deliberately prejudiced, and apathetic. I have heard it said that teachers and counselors dont care about students. The administration has been accused of conspiring against students, of being arbitrary, naive, and stupid. Editorial by Assistant Principal Jim Ellsberry, Northern Lights, April 22, 1970.
Many students have the smoking habit.
Just what percent of the student body is involved no one really knows. It is very definitely known that a larger problem has grown out of the fact that most smokers go the restrooms to enjoy their cigarette. Letter sent home to parents in North Central Message, March 1970. In the early 1970s, school officials approved of the expansion of the building yet again having just done so in the late 1960s. Another historic milestone took place when the school board authorized the construction of the J. Everett Light Career Center in 1972.