A fake letter to parents of Litchfield Elementary School sent as a joke from the principal to a teacher last week found its way home to some parents, but few are finding the punchline funny.
Principal Ron Sterr distributed a fake letter heavy on hyperbole and sarcasm to to a teacher, he said, but the form of the letter was addressed to parents, and it mocked students who could not complete their "easy" math assignment.
The letter was sent home to parents.
A flood of calls from outraged parents have led to the school district putting the principal on administrative leave, Litchfield Elementary School District Superintendant Dr. Julianne Lein said.
"The Litchfield School District renders its most sincere apology to our students, parents, community and staff for this incident. We are taking specific steps to remedy this situation," Lein wrote in a press release.
In the letter parents were advised, "If your child is either too lazy or too stupid to finish it in class, I'm sending it home so that you can work with them and judge for yourself whether it is laziness or idiocy that inhibits your child's progress."
Later in the e-mail it parodies the lengths the school must take to assist children with peanut allergies.
"Further, one of our students has a nervous tick [sic] that causes him to slap himself in [sic] face several times a minute. In order to help this child not feel conspicuous, we ask that your child imitate a crazed masochist for the length of the field trip."
Sterr called each parent to apologize, according to the district's press release, but did not immediately take credit for the letter.
It is not clear who wrote the e-mail. Lein believes the letter was inadvertently sent home while copies were being made of another letter that was an official release from the school.
Sterr explained to 12 News he sent the letter to one teacher to make light of a difficult parent from the past, but the letter does not express his views.
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