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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

NORTH SIDE NUMBERS?

Well, I just saw what my granddaughter brought home from school regarding the pick-up procedure after school. According to this memo, parents/grandparents/whoever picking up a child will have and 8 by 11 "colorful" piece of paper to hold up with a number on it. A monitor outside the school will read and note the number and repeat it into a walkie-talkie. Another monitor inside the school will then summon the child with that number and send him/her out.

I am not sure about this. So the cars are all lined up and they read your number and - oops, that kid drops his books and it takes forever to pick them up and all the cars are waiting with no kids coming out? Or you forget your number, or someone devious counterfeits the "colorful" paper and picks up a child that is not his and . . . ?

I think this plan is overly rigid and almost un-American and will not work smoothly. So, we shall forget Summer's name and just start referring to her by her Orwellian moniker . . . or not.

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