Summary

Pre-Chapter 1: An example of a Harrison School District memorandum is presented. The memo is written by Dr. Joseph Palleni, the assistant principal of Harrison High School. The letterhead of the memo has the motto “Where our children are educated, not just taught,” with the name of the school superintendent, Dr. Albert Seymour, and school board chairman, Mrs. Gloria Harland, just under the motto. The memo describes the standard format for doing morning announcements over the school intercom. The announcements, which are to start promptly at 8:05 a.m. every morning, begin with the day of the week, date, and dictate whether students will be following Schedule A or B that day. The person doing the announcements should then give no more than three historical references about that date and then ask students to rise for the playing of the national anthem. The memo states students are to...