Donna Compton Gonzales (’74 and San Dieguito’s Lead Library Technician) was the person who alerted the Alumni Committee to the fact that the pencil box’s lock was broken. The Alumni Committee voted to repair it and purchased a lock that would fit inside.
Wood Shop teacher Jeff Germano made adjustments inside the box to hold the new lock, Metal Shop teacher Jason Berend added metal fittings that allowed the lock to work properly, and Phil Rigano (dad to ’05 alum Peter Rigano) fine-tuned everyone’s work.
While repairs were being made we tried to determine the source of one of the inscriptions inside: “Gimpy 1954”. Judy West Fuller (’60) identified “Gimpy” as Norm Keith (’54), so we had to invite him to the re-installation of the pencil box!
Go, Mustangs!