Not in the 80's, but I think I got most of it anyway...
1. Principal.
2. Sophomore. Typically you're fifteen when you start your sophomore year. Juniors are the year above it (16-17 year olds).
3. Not sure quite what you mean by levels... High school is four years. Therefore there are four classes of students: freshman, sophomore, junior and senior (in order of increasing age and rank). Splitting up depends on the class. Some classes are required for specific years to take- for instance, seniors wouldn't be found in a freshman English class, they have their own English level. But there's a lot of electives- PE, art, computer classes, even higher level math classes that have every age student.
4. Mr. Sombody and Ms.(Mrs.) Somebodyelse
5. At my school, and most as I understand it- yes. Students each have their own individual schedules of classes- so just because you may have someone in algebra it doesn't mean they'll also be in biology with you. Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong here, but I didn't technically have a homeroom at my school.
6. Type of discipline would be needed to know. I would say the principal, or at least an assistant/vice principal. New student enrollment would be somewhere in administration- likely the registrar. Not the principal direct.
7. Again, context as always is key, but hitting is a big no-no. That's considered fighting and sends you direct to the principal's office. Parents would be called. The circumstances of the fight change the punishment however- self defense might only get you a warning or a referral. Detention is definitely a possibility. Suspension is only likely if there was more violence or intent or if it wasn't a first offense. Suspension can only last up to five days, and can be at-home or in-house (meaning they give you detention instead of class all day- it's a flawed system).
8. Yes. And yes. If you don't come prepared, after a while, you start to get in trouble. A while being a couple of days for me. Paper, pens, binders, and any other supplies besides textbooks are student-supplied. But not sure about that 80's timeframe.
9. Um, I brought lunch. Mostly because the food in the cafeteria is either gross or incredibly unhealthy. Nowadays, the schools don't actually cook anything. They just served pizza or chicken sandwiches at my school. But in your timeframe, it's my understanding (from my mom) that they actually did some cooking. But I'm sure it was still gross. I'd place a bet on fifty-fifty for the 80's. Current day: 15-75. The 75 being the percent of people who buy lunch.
10. Yes, there are faucets. No, students don't drink from them. Don't ask why. But that again might just be me.
11. School lasts from approximately 8am to 3pm. (Mine ran from 7:50 to 2:50 daily, but only because of a wacky bus schedule. So go with 8-3).
Hope this helps! Sorry if it doesn't! I can't help that I wasn't born in the 80's. And by the way, I was never a bad kid, so I don't know the punishment stuff from experience. I'm just a nerd with a photographic memory who read the handbook one of the four years they expected us to.
