Lori Hart (Divorced x2):  

Back then I was pretty quiet .. was in band .. played flute. I remember names from band like Richard Hernandez, crispin gomez, liz .. steve .. clarissa cooke, .. and ones from school in general cynthia, tracy, stacey, leticia V, Mike (snoopy), AJ, Sheldon, Mary svetlik, Julie V. Lilly B. (Hey Lilly .. interesting tidbit for you .. not sure why, my memory is shot .. but my mother always remembered you and said "Lilly was such a nice little girl" .. I thought you'd like to know that. Mom was special and you're one of the few she really liked .. not sure how you made such an impression .. but you did. :D ) .. remember a lot of them actually now that I think about it .. lol .. ones that I remember growing up with near me were Greg Jordan, James Penrose, Sean Scurlock, Rodney Hernandez, Susan Ford, Tammy Ford, .. my niece Amie Smith. Best friend from school honestly .. two seriously come to mind as long time friends when I was there.. Louise Hurley and Alex Korda. I wouldn't have given up my friendship with them for the world. Louise, if I had to go back in time and I could only have like one real female friend as a kid .. because of the type of friend that you were, i'd have you as my friend all over again. Thanks for being so great .. you had no clue, but as a friend, you simply glowed. And .. Alex .. i've got a million awesome childhood memories crammed into just a few years and a good majority of them are there thanks to you. So many good times. You're another one that was very special to my family .. one that folks always wondered what happened to. I'm very sorry about your brother. He was a great guy. Very glad you found your happiness as an adult though .. but as a kid,.... dude, ya hung the moon! :D Spent a ton of my nights skating at Skateland West with ones like "Doc", Ralph, Earnest, Booker, Strawberry, and Earl. I still say the owner of that place back then "Bobby" was the nicest guy on the planet. Did more for my self esteem as a kid than he could ever know. Thank you, Bobby, for letting me have a decent place to grow up loving .. and sorry for any hell I might have raised. Favorite teacher back then .. woulda been that gym teacher .. the male pudgy one from Southwest 2 .. back in 4th grade. I think that was the year I met Louise too... and Alex I think. Not sure. hmmm .. yeah .. it was .. I remember .. he was a clown even then. I miss his laughter and sense of humor. From regular southwest .. would have to have been that handsome band teacher that had the train wreck with his little car .. god, what was his name .. married the pretty dark haired teacher and broke a million teen gal hearts. I'll admit though .. that time in southwest was probably the most painful time of my life .. other than the few friends I had .. who I still care for even if I don't know them anymore .. daily, that place was a living hell and I wouldn't re-live it if someone paid me to. lol God .. remember pauline key? the principal in grade school? Arrrrrrgh that gal needed a boot enema!! (My mother thought so too.) Oh, and the nice teacher .. 5th grade I think .. the dark haired one that looked like a really snotty bird? Felt the need to make us all sing about the 50 states? She's another one i'd like to hit with a dodgeball now that i'm old enough to enjoy watching her reaction. lol Sorry, but I grew up to be a very honest person. lol I didn't get to actually "graduate" from Southwest .. I ended up going over to NOC .. Northside Opportunity Center. Had a boyfriend back then that did a good job of making me not care tons about school. (Yes, those were my stupid years). After the boyfriend .. I got married (real young) and was told by NOC that since I could technically write my own notes to stay out of school, I may as well just not come back. Yep, they told me that as a very young teen. So at about 14-15, I left school married .. got preg .. found out the guy was a jerk. Came back to NY .. had my son .. divorced the jerk. Ended up married one more time that wasn't exactly what I wanted but lasted about 8 years. Divorced him too. Did go back to school here in NY right around age 22 I think .. and went for my full highschool diploma ......... and when my mother offered to have a beautiful (and very large) gold class ring made for me .. I put "Southwest" on it and made the colors our school colors ... and picked "memories" as the little thingie on the side of my ring. Because no matter what else it was .... it was where I had the most (and best) friends of my lifetime. I raised my son on my own ... spent a lot of time taking care of him. He's developmentally disabled. Has the mind basically of a 4 year old. Very tall, and just the nicest kid you'd ever want to meet. Helpful and polite. Uses his voice for some things .. and sign language for others. (He's not deaf, I taught him sign to get his brain to slow down so he would use his voice.) It's been a really rocky life .. crazy at times. Some people might remember that for a little while, one of my brothers use to bring me to school on the back of a moped. (God I hated that.. but was nice of him to do so that I didn't have to go on the bus.) Back then, I loved running fast. Hated gym glass (or PE) with a bloody passion because most of the PE teachers were idiots that liked talking down to young people. I realized that back then .. and didn't appreciate it. I wasn't much for sports .. and they figured everybody should be. (Interesting now how the schools are starting to see that not every young person is a sports fanatic and are starting to set things up accordingly. wow, shocked it took them that long to figure out.) I've still got some real old pics from back in school .. names of half the kids in them, I couldn't tell ya. lol But I know I still have some. Will try to post them eventually. They really meant a lot to me. Honestly, i'd give anything t...Expand for more