Elementary Principal To Hold Assemblies Via Skype While Deployed With Navy Reserves

The Oklahoman (6/7, Painter) reports that Carol Perry, "principal at Stonegate Elementary School in northwest Oklahoma City," has been deployed with the Navy reserve twice between 2002 and 2007. Those deployments took her to Kuwait, Iraq, and the UAE. Last October, "Perry learned she would be back in active service, going first to training and then Afghanistan in a joint mission with the Army." Although she won't be at the school next year, "the school district will use Skype video to allow Perry to speak to her students during assemblies on Fridays." Said Perry of her reserve duties. "I've had many experiences other people haven't. ... I can share these with my students. It gives me a sense of pride in my country, and I want my kids to have that sense of pride."

Note: Shouldn't ALL schools be doing stuff like this?