Blossom Chronicles
Artist Delivers at Tulita Elementary
Debbie Collette, Tulita's school secretary, keeps her sights trained on the creative—and her secret George Clooney shrine.
Along with a stash of sweets in the office "chocolate closet," Debbie Collette, secretary at Tulita Elementary School, keeps a small shrine devoted to actor George Clooney. Imagine her embarrassment the day Dr. Steven Keller, the superintendent of the Redondo Beach Unified School District, stepped behind the closet door to hide from a teacher he wanted to surprise in the classroom before reading to her students. Collette suddenly remembered the pictures of Clooney—but when Keller emerged, he said simply, "It will remain our secret." As for the bowls of chocolate candy? Those are for teachers who may need a lift during a hard day, just as duplicate keys rescue those who may have locked themselves out of the classroom. Collette has been …
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