We all know that last year’s resignation of power was not pretty; as all non-freshman clearly remember, a coup was staged among the CHS administration to oust Brett O’Connor from his post as principal. It was ultimately successful, as the threat of burning all of O’Connor’s Wolfbucks intimidated him into resigning. Now, Dr. James Mitchell has taken his place, and he’s planning some big changes for CHS.
Dr. Mitchell is a former IB HOTA teacher who, in his words, sides more with the imperialistic, dominating side of our history.
“We’d be much better off if Britain maintained tyrannical control over us ever since colonial times,” stated Dr. Mitchell on why he feels that totalitarian control is necessary.
In 2015, he was promoted to vice principal status and earned himself a notorious record for keeping everyone under him working strict hours and implementing a no-tolerance policy for smiling. As principal, Dr. Mitchell looks to exert the same totalitarian control through new school policies that keep everyone in line and punish anyone who’s out of place.
To keep student behavior in line during school hours, Dr. Mitchell is implementing a no-tolerance policy for all distractions and fun. Under the proposed policy, he would ban all non-work related conversations between students, as well as all joking and laughing unless a teacher jokes to their students (they are obligated to laugh in response to develop a respect for authority). He also has a new anti-delinquency policy that bans any slander of CHS figures. To enforce it, Dr. Mitchell intends to double the number of security cameras on campus. He will also be paying a five-hundred-dollar stipend to students who willingly tell their peers to teachers and the front office. Finally, he wants to incorporate a division of the Claremont Police Department known as the Thought Police to monitor the halls and punish any students who speak or think badly of CHS. Any first-time violators of the new CHS policy will be subject to swift apprehension and public flogging on Wolfcast. All subsequent violations will be similarly punished with the addition of accumulating fines that will cap out at five hundred dollars.
You can imagine that these new policies have had negative reception; many students have even suggested starting an online protest where they post pictures of the lash marks they received by getting flogged for violating the new policy and captioning it with the hashtag “#BringBackBrett”. James is aware that these new policies may come under scrutiny by students and their families, but he sees this as a rough yet necessary step towards moderating students and their futures. That is why he will be putting up posters of Dr. Mitchell’s face around the school with the caption,
“I want to give these kids someone to look up to when they’re having a rough day,” to quote Dr. Mitchell. “I just want every kid to get A’s, show Pack Pride, and love Big Mitchell.”