Exactly. Even the teachers rolled their eyes at that one. (What I specifically remember was that after he assembled the seniors and told us that, we went to our first class and our math teacher -- who'd been there forever and knew all of us really well because it was such a small school -- said, "Ignore that idiot. Go ahead and skip. Trust me, nobody else cares.")

He didn't stay around long, though, thank God. I think he left a few years after that, although I doubt it was because he finally realized what a crap principal he was.