I would love to say that I had to walk a mile to school, uphill, in all kinds of nasty weather, but the reality is that my walk was probably a half mile flat walk with my friends. I would walk about halfway by myself, meet my friends on a corner, and walk the rest of the way with them. On our route we walked over a foot bridge over a river and across the main street to school. It took all of 10 minutes. We would get to school, find our friends, go to our lockers, get the books we needed for our classes, and sit in homeroom.
There was one "up" staircase on one end of the school and one "down" staircase at the other end. You never went "up" the "down" staircase or vice versa during the change of classes. The stairs were just too crowded.
The cafeteria was too small to hold all of the students at one time, so lunch periods were staggered and we were allowed to leave the school grounds to go home, eat downtown, or at the submarine sandwich shop on the next block. It was $.25 for a school lunch and $.35 for a large sub. Whenever I had an extra dime, I was eating an Angelina's sub. My favorite was the tuna with onions and, lettuce, cheese, and tomato. It was doused in an oil/spice mixture and was delicious. Angelina's is still there in the same place, 60 years later, and I still have to go there when I am home for a visit.
I made the High Honor Roll the first quarter and received one of many "Honors Passes". The pass allowed the student to not have to attend study hall. Instead, you could go to the gym, leave school and go home, go to the town library, or hang out in the foyer area of the school with other honors students. It was an awesome privilege and I vowed never to lose it.
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