Something tells me that M. Levy, the Health Academy Dean, may need a tutor. Luckily, my children do not attend L.S. 51 Markham Middle School, in Staten Island. Thank God!
Two things make me think this letter might be fake. A) Even in a public school, such poor copy editing is still unacceptable right? B) The letter isn’t printed on letterhead. Don’t schools still use letterhead?
I called the phone number and it just rang and range and rang. I guess the school is too busy teaching a makeup spelling class to answer the phone.
UPDATE: Further research reveals this is a real letter!
A dean at a Staten Island middle school was so fed up with the food fights at lunch that he hastily sent home a letter riddled with meaty errors that most of his students wouldn’t make.
Intermediate School 51 Dean Michael Levy explained to parents that the "caferteria" had garbage "an all tables."
This behavior, he wrote, was "unexcecpable," and all eighth-graders in IS 51’s health academy could lose out on senior "activates" like the prom and class trip.
In addition to at least 16 spelling or grammatical mistakes, the letter – first reported in the Staten Island Advance – was never approved by Principal Emma Della Rocca.
"I would never have anticipated that … Mr. Levy would actually write something that would have not been readable," Della Rocca said.
She’s investigating both the letter and the food fight that started it all. Though the letter told parents that all eighth-graders in the health academy – one of three theme-based academies in the school – would be punished for Monday’s food fight, Della Rocca said only kids found responsible will be disciplined.
That guy is so fired. Or he should be. And parents, if your kids go to I.S. 51 Markham Middle School, you should be aware it only got a 4 out of 10 rating from GreatSchools.net.