Up The Down Staircase

MEANING

ENGLISH 5—THE MILL ON THE FLOSS or A TALE OF TWO CITIES

DO NOT ALLOW STUDENTS TO PURCHASE PAPERBACK EDITIONS OF SHAKESPEARE AND OTHER AUTHORS: BECAUSE OF OUTSIDE PRESSURES, WE SHOULD NOT EXPOSE THEM TO INSUFFICIENTLY EDITED OR UNEXPURGATED TEXTS.

SAMUEL BESTER

CHAIRMAN, LANGUAGE ARTS DEPT.

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FROM: JAMES J. MCHABE, ADM. ASST.

TO: ALL TEACHERS

RE: DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS

BOOKS ARE THE MAGIC DOORS TO ADVENTURE AND KNOWLEDGE; THEY SHOULD BE TREASURED. KEEP ON FILE A BOOK RECEIPT FOR EVERY BOOK DISTRIBUTED. ALL BOOKS SHOULD BE COVERED AND STUDENTS SHOULD BE WARNED NOT TO DEFACE OR MUTILATE BOOKS. SIGN THE BOOK LABEL, INDICATING THAT YOU AGREE THAT THE LABEL HAS BEEN PROPERLY FILLED OUT, AND MAKE SURE THAT EACH BOOK HAS A NUMBER WHICH APPEARS ON THE INSIDE FRONT COVER AND AGAIN ON PAGE 43, IF THE BOOK HAS THAT MANY PAGES.

DISREGARD THE NUMBER ON THE FLY-LEAF.

LOVE OF READING LASTS A LIFETIME.

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DEAR COLLEAGUE:

LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEW SCHOOL YEAR?

EEZYTERM CONFIDENTIAL LOAN COMPANY, WHICH I REPRESENT, CAN SOLVE YOUR FINANCIAL PROBLEMS: BROCHURE ENCLOSED.

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Dear Miss Barette,

I need a dropout slip to work because I'm of age and my income is needed at home. Most of school is a waste anyhow, every period another subject Algebra French Eco English one after the other what good is it, it's all a Jumble and in each class the teacher tells you something different until you don't know who to believe.

I'm better off out.

Your pupil

Vince Arbuzzi

(I wasn't in Home Room due to the office unable to find my records this morning)

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FROM: JAMES J. MCHABE, ADM. ASST.

TO: ALL TEACHERS

SINCE WE HAVE A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF DROP-OUTS, PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE YOUR STUDENTS TO REMAIN IN SCHOOL BY POINTING OUT THE VALUES OF EDUCATION.

J J McH

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CIRCULAR # 4

TOPIC: ETHICAL STANDARDS

PLEASE KEEP ALL CIRCULARS ON FILE, IN THEIR ORDER TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS FROM THE TEMPTATION OF FRAUDULENT PRACTICES AND TO ASSURE TEACHERS OF THE AUTHENTICITY OF ALL DATA, THE FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONS MUST BE TAKEN:

1. SUBJECT TEACHERS ARE TO SIGN STUDENT PROGRAM CARDS IN INK, WITH THEIR FULL NAME, AS PROOF THAT STUDENT HAS APPEARED IN CLASS. NO INITIALS, PENCIL OR NAME-STAMPERS ARE ACCEPTABLE.

2. THE ABOVE IS ALSO TRUE OF ALL PASSES SIGNED BY THE TEACHER.

3. CHECK THE ROLL BOOK FOR NON-EXISTENT ADDRESSES AND NON-AUTHENTIC PARENT OR GUARDIAN, TO FACILITATE WORK OF TRUANT OFFICER.

4. IN MAKING ENTRIES ON RECORDS, DO NOT ERASE, SCRATCH OUT, OR USE INK ERADICATOR. CORRECTIONS ARE TO BE MADE ONLY WITH THE SIGNATURE OF THE PRINCIPAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WHO WILL APPROVE THE CORRECTION.

5. DURING FIRE, SHELTER AREA OR OTHER EMERGENCY DRILLS, INFORM STUDENTS TO BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL ABOUT THEIR VALUABLES. BOOKS AND NOTE BOOKS ARE TO BE LEFT BEHIND, BUT POCKETBOOKS AND WALLETS ARE TO BE HELD ON TO. WE HAVE HAD AN EPIDEMIC OF UNFORTUNATE INCIDENTS.

WITH THESE PRECAUTIONS IN MIND, WE CAN HELP OUR STUDENTS ACHIEVE THE HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS WE EXPECT OF THEM.

JAMES J. MCHABE

ADM. ASST.

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I WISH TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO ALL FACULTY AND STAFF, AND THE SINCERE HOPE THAT YOU HAVE RETURNED FROM A HEALTHFUL AND FRUITFUL SUMMER VACATION WITH RENEWED VIM AND VIGOR, READY TO GIRD YOUR LOINS AND TACKLE THE MANY IMPORTANT AND VITAL TASKS THAT LIE AHEAD UNDAUNTED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND COOPERATION IN THE PAST AND FUTURE.

MAXWELL E. CLARKE

PRINCIPAL

4. Intraschool Communication

INTRASCHOOL COMMUNICATION

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