Ms. Lalabye?s posting is unquestionably made up, with ill intent! 1st, The school has never gone past the 6th grade, in the 35 years that the school has existed. Ms. Lalabye indicated that we went all the way thru the 12th grade. 2nd, Never have we ever allowed smoking on school grounds, staff or parents. The one exception: Once a year we have a science experiment. The teacher takes a buff on the cigarette and blows the smoke thru a white cloth. It leaves a heavy dark stain of nicotine, a poisonous alkaloid, on the cloth. The teacher takes another buff, but this time he or she inhales before blowing into the white cloth. There?s no stain. Thus demonstrating that poisonous alkaloid like that seen on the other cloth would be left in the lungs of anyone that smokes. Ms. Lalabye stated that a staff member liked to smoke in front of the students, all of the time. 3rd, The staff, over the past 35 years, has never been allowed to put down any students. Miss Lalabye stated that we try to destroy the life of little kids. How could we still be in business if we did that, at all. A major part of our approach to education is to build the self-esteem of our students, and we have been quite successful. Go to our wedsite (www.valmontacademy.com) and read the testimonials and our philosophy. Or better yet, make a visit. Come on out to our school. We?d love to show you around. Once you complete your research ask yourself if this school is or was ever anything like what Ms. Lalabye posted.
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