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SCHOOL ANSWERING MACHINE
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>
> This is the message that the Pacific Palisades High School California
> staff voted unanimously to record on their school telephone answering
> machine. This is the actual answering machine message for the school.
> 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 schoolwork to pass their classes.
>
> The outgoing message:
>
> "Hello! You have reached the automated answering service of your
school.
> In order to assist you
> in connecting to the right staff member, please listen to all the 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 enclosed in your newsletter and
> 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!
> *If you want this in Spanish, you must be in the wrong country.
>
>
> This is the message that the Pacific Palisades High School California
> staff voted unanimously to record on their school telephone answering
> machine. This is the actual answering machine message for the school.
> 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 schoolwork to pass their classes.
>
> The outgoing message:
>
> "Hello! You have reached the automated answering service of your
school.
> In order to assist you
> in connecting to the right staff member, please listen to all the 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 enclosed in your newsletter and
> 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!
> *If you want this in Spanish, you must be in the wrong country.
