TO: All school teachers, Sikarra Unified School District
FROM: Administrator Slav, House Sedierta, Superintendent of Sikarra Unified School District
SUBJECT: Notes and Dress Code for the 170,023-170,024 School Year

Welcome back, teachers and staff! I hope you are excited as I am for the for the 170,023-170,024 School Year. I know that the transition between the rule of House Nennokrah and House Sedierta has been difficult, but we as a school district are going to set that aside and press forward with the task of educating the children of Sikarra to the imperial standard of the Dai Teikoku. Still, we have some housekeeping to do along those lines, which I will now address.

First, you may have noticed that former Administrator Ohdha has been replaced due to his loyalty to the perfidious Duke Nannokrah. Fear not; the benevolent Baron Sedierta has elected to spare his miserable life. He will be joining the SUCD as Administrator Emeritus and Senior Janitor for 170,023-170,024.

Second, you will notice five new members of the SUSD school board. We have maintained those board members willing to swear eternal fealty to the glorious new regime of Baron Sedierta, and those who refused will be publicly executed during our first assembly of the new school year. Remember, the assembly is also a pep rally, so wear your school colors! There is also a sympathy card available to sign in the district office, should you be so moved.

Finally, you will note that the curriculum has been restored to House Sedierta standards, as have the standardized tests. We understand that this will make it difficult to plan lessons, but the loyalty oath you all signed in your personnel file demands it. We will be holding an optional, mandatory curriculum building workshop to help out with these issues the week before classes start. Remember, this applies to students as well, but Baron Sedierta has authorized the standard punishments to be waived during this transition period. References to the old curriculum, tests, or regime therefore will only be punishable by the Pain Box on the third offense for the first month of classes.

As far as the dress code goes, we understand that many of our rural students from the Sandy Wastes and the Arid Plateau, most of whom are eligible for free and reduced hydration rations, will not be able to afford new desert drinksuits in beautiful Sedierta feldgrau rather than vile Nannokrah beige. As such, students might miss school until they can afford to purchase new drinksuits. I remind you that this is a mandatory policy, and no exceptions will be allowed. Any students appearing in drinksuits of Nannokrah beige will be punished via Pain Box.

Some of our faculty have noted that school attendance is mandatory under penalty of Pain Box under House Sedierta law. This is true; any students caught shirking school will be severely punished. I find no contradictions here; indeed, the specter of thorough and frequent Pain Boxing may move our more rural students to find themselves properly colored drinksuits all the quicker.

Looking forward to a fun and educational year with a minimum of public executions for all of you! Remember, my door is always open if you need anything, but interrupting a meeting with the benevolent Baron Sedierta will be met with flogging. Go Dustslugs!

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