Mark Rand

I thought you might want to see plans of the high school I wanted to base Juan Madera High on.
 
 

I thought you might want to see plans of the high school I wanted to base Juan Madera High on.
 
 

I thought you might want to see plans of the high school I wanted to base Juan Madera High on.
 
 

My opinion is a "Teen Champion".

My opinion is a "Teen Champion".

This really isn't grandiose, but I had Foxbat kidnap someone in order to get Mickey Mouse's autograph.
 
I also had the idea of him using a helicopter in an attempt to steal a cell phone tower.  It would end up with the helicopter getting impaled by the tower, screwing up cell phone signals, and requiring the local medevac helicopter to transport people to the nearest trauma hospital.

There was a GURPS Arthurian England book.  It had three versions of the era, including one where Guinevere was a Celtic warrior queen who could take lovers as she wished.

There was a GURPS Arthurian England book.  It had three versions of the era, including one where Guinevere was a Celtic warrior queen who could take lovers as she wished.

At 73, I'm also an old fogy.

Arthurian England, based on the animated Prince Valiant, but with Queen Guinevere as a Knight of the Round Table and Rowanne as a soldier and, when necessary, Guinevere's squire.

Frederick Douglas University is fully accredited. It is also offering adult continuing education classes in law, boat handling and navigation, water safety, history, and marine engineering.   It’s Mascot, is a Blue Crab with a Navy White hat. 

Im reminded of a gadgeteer I created, the heroic crossdresser The Damsel. He was a scientist working on a project to create a chemical formula to spray over clothing to make clothing totally indestructible. For His Own self enjoyment he added one of his southern belle dresses to the mix of test subjects. Oddly, it was the only one which reacted well to the flamethrower and Tommy gun test.
 
Note, the dress is indestructible, not the person wearing it.

Coastal City does not have any public airports within its boundaries.  The city is serviced by Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, and Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia.  Dulles is the primary international airport for the Washington, D.C. region, which Coastal City is on the edge of, while Reagan National is the primary domestic airport.
 
Coastal City Airport, located two miles beyond the city limits, is a general aviation airport.  Just outside the terminal is a mailbox and a place where pets can relieve themselves.  Inside is a pay phone, water fountain where one can fill a water bottle, restrooms, a vending area, the Runway 5 Café, and a first aid station.  A car rental agency and a gas station/convenience store are across the street from the airport.
 
Outside is Hawke Air, Inc., gas pumps for 100 Low Lead Avgas and Jet-A, T-hangars, restrooms, and the base for Medstar 4, the area medical helicopter.  Light aircraft, including a biplane and gliders occupy most of the apron area, but there are also ground vehicles with light bars.
 

Any superhero vehicles here would be considered light aircraft.  The payphone may've been occasionally vandalized.  Airport management has tried to have it removed, but, so far, the phone company hasn't budged.

Coastal City does not have any public airports within its boundaries.  The city is serviced by Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, and Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia.  Dulles is the primary international airport for the Washington, D.C. region, which Coastal City is on the edge of, while Reagan National is the primary domestic airport.
 
Coastal City Airport, located two miles beyond the city limits, is a general aviation airport.  Just outside the terminal is a mailbox and a place where pets can relieve themselves.  Inside is a pay phone, water fountain where one can fill a water bottle, restrooms, a vending area, the Runway 5 Café, and a first aid station.  A car rental agency and a gas station/convenience store are across the street from the airport.
 
Outside is Hawke Air, Inc., gas pumps for 100 Low Lead Avgas and Jet-A, T-hangars, restrooms, and the base for Medstar 4, the area medical helicopter.  Light aircraft, including a biplane and gliders occupy most of the apron area, but there are also ground vehicles with light bars.
 

I'd be greatly surprised if Ms. Brown doesn't achieve her dream.  And maybe wind up getting recruited into some superpowered "space patrol" organization after her first mission encounters a series of highly unlikely events.  If there's anyone in that group that deserves to be a superhero it's Val.

One High School seems to be a bit  light. How about 4 total?
 
Julius Robinson Public High School. This is the oldest High School in Coastal City, graduating it's first class in 1869. Originally named Central Coast High School, it was renamed after the death of Julius Robinson in 1935. Generally a Black Majority school, it has been fully integrated since the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Many trainee teachers from Frederick Douglas University try their hand with real students here. The school these days is weak on STEM Classes, but strong in English, and trade skills, and still has a 77% graduation rate. This is in spite of endless budget fights, and a weak tax base. Their Football team has taken the State Championships 4 times since 1925, and is always a formidable opponent. The School is located at 2750 10th St, near the "Western Star", a fully land locked star fort, topped with grass, that the Highschool occasionally uses as an athletic practice field. The Highschool Building was one of the original fort administration buildings, but was since expanded as needs arose. School hours are from 9:30 Am to 3:30PM, with Athletic facility open until 5PM.

General Lucien Truscott Military Prep. What is Virginia without a military school? This School, on the north edge of town, declares it is the birthplace of leaders. It is a Private Military academy that often feeds students to the higher Service academies, but also tends to  breed steely eyed business leaders and national level Politicians. Students can be identified by their Cadet Gray, or summer Khaki uniforms and Burgundy Berets. The Facilities are strong on STEM, education, but weak on Humanities, save Military History. The faculty consists mostly of current, and retired Military Officers from the U.S. Army, and Air Force. Their sports teams are formidable but subject to an "every other year" Curse. where in even numbered years they look like championship material, and odd number years, they crumble like a sand castle. Often they will provide marchers or color guard for various parades and official ceremonies. It is rumored that several Teen Heroes are associated with the school but of course, nothing is confirmed, and the staff has no comment.  The sprawling campus surrounds a parade ground. at 24 Union Street. School Hours are from 8:00am, until 2:00pm for classroom instruction, and until 5:30 for sports and field instruction.
 
New Horizons Magnet School (Formerly Abraham Lincoln High) The school was reformed into a Charter School in 1999, and the parents taken over many of the staffing positions. Being a member of New Horizons is a family commitment once the prospective student passes the entrance exam.  Parents volunteer to help teach, clean hallways and do clerical work. They do employ accredited teachers, but since the school does not recognize the teacher's union, they pay the teachers a higher salary to ignore the AFT, and follow the specialized curriculum the parents provide through the New Horizons Program. THe Curriculum is actually a modification of a very old curriculum, stressing the teaching of classical Greek, Latin, U.S. History, Orchestral Music,  and a very thorough math progression up through Calculus. With such a focus on academics, the school has withdrawn from it's former sports association, and no longer fields a football and Basketball teams. Principal Patricia Mae Wong, and Assistant Principal Don Nguyen make sure standards are kept high, and that operations run smoothly. Students from other schools tend to refer to it as "Nerd Horizons". Students from here always look a little tired or stressed.
 
Woodrow Wilson High School  See Above
 
Because children make the best hostages, Here are a list of other schools:
Middle Schools
 
Sojourner Truth Middle School 2671 8th St.
 
Neil Armstrong Middle School  3640 S. Cameron Ave
 
 Rappahannock Middle School  340 E. 2nd  St. (Near down town.)
 
Sacred Heart Elementary and Middle School associated with St. Christopher's Church.
 
Elementary Schools
 
There are 8 public elementary schools in Coastal City and tend to be names for the street they are on. Most are built to a similar "L" shaped plan, with the offices on the short leg, and 7 classrooms on the long leg, and a grass athletic field in the center. There are between 130, and 200 students, and 15 staff.
 

Val's father is a physicist, astronaut, and private pilot and she's already soloing in her own Cessna 172S Skyhawk.  The aircraft registration number on her flight bag is her Cessna's (N9988K).

Although there’s no guitarist named Josephine “Josie” McCoy, there is a Valerie Brown.  Like the one on Josie and the Pussycats, she’s African-American and highly intelligent.  However, she’s not a musician.  She’s a Stage Crew member, an amateur astronomer who has been to Space Camp, and an AP Physics student who wants to become an astronaut.  Valerie always runs the lighting, sound and video systems during big productions.

Lauren is from one of the 4E books of normals.  Michelle is, I think, Sailor Neptune's first name in one of the English Sailor Moon dubs.

Cora likes classical music.

There probably are some publicly-known aquatic civilizations nearby in the Atlantic.
 
One area high school girl, who is a skilled swimmer and prefers to swim mermaid-style but is not on the girls' swim team has been called a "mermaid living on land" by the "popular" girls.

There probably are some publicly-known aquatic civilizations nearby in the Atlantic.
 
One area high school girl, who is a skilled swimmer and prefers to swim mermaid-style but is not on the girls' swim team has been called a "mermaid living on land" by the "popular" girls.

The bedrock of the community are the churches, and there are three main ones. 
 
First A. M. E. Church. Presided over by Rev Alpheus Ward.  Son of the civil rights hero, the late Rev. Bertram Ward.  You can expect a raucous, and Musical service, topped off with Reverend Ward’s firey, though sometimes humorous service, delivered in a call and response format. The Reverend has an insurmountable presence, much as his father did, and serves the lord and community with a fierce joy. Often asked for comment by the local media, he’s not shy about offering his opinion on Current Events.  The Church hosts the Eastern Seaboard Gospel Music Festival, usually the weekend before Easter. This Church used to be associated with the university, until protests against the Vietnam War forced the state legislature to separate after Rev, Bertram Ward’s refusal to moderate his approach. 
 
St. Christopher’s Catholic Church. This church started as a small congregation of Portuguese Fishermen, who used the port facilities soon after the Confederate retreat in 1865, the church now represents the white working class locally.  Part of the archdiocese of Norfolk, services are conducted by father Rafael Almeida, a local boy with a very extensive Jesuit education. Starting in a converted boat house, the congregation has remodeled and added to the structure over the centuries to produce a solid and tastefully beautiful place of worship that will attract the occasional tourist. Bishop Franklin of Norfolk is a frequent guest there. The church is associated with the Holy Cross Medical center, down town, with Father Almeida’s classmate, Father Santos serving as Chaplain. 
 
East View Baptist Church started during the war as Where the Coastguard officers and their families worshipped. With the end of the war, more and more employees of Murchison Marine Engineering filled the pews of this modest building, during the shipping boom of the 1950s and 60s. Reverend Charles Pierce was often at odds with reverend B. Ward at First A. M. E., Reverend Pierce was very careful not to insult, embarrass or belittle Rev. Ward. Stepping down from the pulpit in 1982, there have been a rotation of Reverends, none serving for more than five years. This is a very conservative congregation, but generous in times of disaster, yearly collecting clothing and blankets for hurricane victims. 
 
The Coastguard diminished their facilities after WW2, slimming it down to two Helicopters, and a small cutter, berthed at Pier 5. The Helicopters are state of the art CH-70 Sea Serpent coaxial rotor helix. Once a month a fuel barge from The Norfolk Navy Yard comes to top off the tanks at the Coastguard station. 

The university is also home to the Coastal City Oceanic Institute.  Their main research ship is the RV Judith Resnik (T-AGOR-30).  It's identical to Woods Hole's RV Atlantis and might carry a deep submergence vehicle.