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1997-2003
World events that took place during the 90's included a new Democratic President, William Jefferson Clinton. Due to scandal, Clinton became only the 2nd president in history to be impeached. John Glenn, at the age of 77, took his second space voyage aboard the shuttle Discovery. Saddam Hussein continued to frustrate and restirct U.N. arms inspectors. The United States and Great Britain joined forces in a strike against military targets in Iraq. And, the Pope visited the United States and Mexico. Many trends in Technology began to occur. The Volkswagon "Beetle" returned to the production line. Apple introduced its new iMac computer. However, the Covington High Technology team began to phase out the Macintosh and old Apple IIe's and decided to go strictly PC. The Internet was introduced into the classroom and the whole school moved from copying memos to sending e-mail. There was an effort made to supply every teacher at CHS with a computer in their classroom to send and receive e-mail and do their grades. Covington High teachers began to do all grades and attendance on the St. Tammany Parish School Board Server. "STI" as it was known was the quick and easy way to track student grades. CHS was the pilot school for this software program. The teachers took to it instantly.
During the late 1990s and early years of the new century, a need arose for a new science building. Again, technology was beginning to change the way classes were taught and Covington High School had to keep up. New state-of-the-art science equipment was purchased and chemistry and physics classes were allowed to move into the new science wing of the school.
Mrs. Cronin was excellent in hosting many visiting teams who came in to look at the new school programs that she was instrumental in bringing to Covington High School. In the year 2002, even a team of Russian businessmen came to visit to see how a high school was run in America. They were hoping to take some ideas back to their own country. During Mrs. Cronin's first year as principal, she contracted with artist Jack Ackers to design a Covington High School Lion poster. Mr. Ackers did the artwork of the lion along with the school crest and mortise board of graduating seniors. Many students and faculty members ordered their copy and it was also used as retirement gifts.
Covington High School made a major change in the early years of the new century. The football stadium which was formerly known as "The Cow Palace" was set to have a name change. Final approval for this was in the hands of the State Legislature. Richard Tanner, a former Covington High School teacher and Assistant Superintendant of the St. Tammany Parish School board, asked the board to request the name change for the stadium to the "Jack Salter Stadium." It was the custom within the state that buildings were only to be named in honor of a person after their death. However, Dianne Winston presented the resolution, and in 2001 the state legislators voted to honor living legends for public dedications.
Coach Salter had coached the Lion football team for 25 years and had such a following from the Covington football fans. He and the Lions of 1976 would certainly go down in history. Coach Salter was indeed humbled by this expression of love and appreciation from the community. He was responsible not only for building a state championship football team in 1976, but also for building pride and belonging with the community of Covington, Louisiana.
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