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Local Office Technology Teacher is presumed to be dead.  News is unconfirmed but close sources say there are clues suggesting he may be deceased as he hasn’t posted on his website since February 7, 2006.  If anyone has proof of his ongoing existence please contact your local police department or Unsolved Mystery’s-Keely Shae Smith. 

Baby, I am so proud of you for your awesome job on your observation today!  I love you so much!

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and I’m so excited!!  It will be me and Trav’s first Valentine’s Day together, and I can’t wait to spend the day with him.  Valentine’s day is a holiday I have always looked forward to and I know this one will be especially fun as I spend the day with my one true love.  I remember how cool I thought I was in elementary school when my parents sent me roses, and how sorry for myself I felt as I got older and roses from my parents was sometimes the only thing I got.  Somehow though, deep inside, those roses have always meant a lot to me.  Valentine’s day is for people who love each other and even though it wasn’t the right type of love for V-day, the flowers I got always represented my parents love for me and their dedication to show they cared.   This year as flowers are exchanged and teddy bears are bought, I can’t help but feel a little sorry for the rest of the world.  Because, flowers or not tomorrow, Travis is the best gift I could have ever received no matter what the day, and I wish everyone could find a love like ours.

This is the message that the Pacific Palisades High School (California) Staff voted unanimously to record on their school telephone answering machine. This came about because they implemented a policy requiring students and parents to be responsible for their children’s absences and missing homework.

The school and teachers are being sued by parents who want their children’s failing grades changed to passing grades even though those children were absent 15-30 times during the semester and did not complete enough school work to pass their classes.

This is the actual answering machine message for the school:

"Hello! You have reached the automated answering service of your school. In order to assist you in connecting the right staff member, please listen to all your options before making a selection:

"To lie about why your child is absent – Press 1

"To make excuses for why your child did not do his work- Press 2

"To complain about what we do – Press 3

"To swear at staff members – Press 4

"To ask why you didn’t get information that was already enclosed in your newsletter and several flyers mailed to you – Press 5

"If you want us to raise your child – Press 6

"If you want to reach out and touch, slap or hit someone – Press 7

"To request another teacher for the third time this year- Press 8

"To complain about bus transportation – Press 9

"To complain about school lunches – Press 0

"If you realize this is the real world and your child must be accountable and responsible for his/her own behavior, class work, homework, and that it’s not the teachers’ fault for your child’s lack of effort: Hang up and have a nice day!"