Are Floaters Belly Up? By Angela Hughston 
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 "Are Floaters Belly Up?" examines the recent phenomenon in secondary schools across the nation for many teachers not to have a classroom, but to "float" from room to room each period of the day. As overcrowding in high schools has increased, the floating situation has grown. Using interviews with teachers and students in one northwest Georgia high school, "Floaters" focuses on the detrimental affects this solution to overcrowding has had on teacher moral and effectiveness.

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Angela Hughston

Angela Hughston is currently pursuing a specialist degree in Leadership and Curriculum at Berry College, Georgia. With 16 years of public school teaching experience, she has taught English at Rome High School for nine years, serving as English department chairman for the past eight years. Along with a variety of English courses, Ms. Hughston has taught journalism, mass media, and creative writing, as well as advising yearbook and newspaper staffs in Texas and South Dakota.