CLOSE CUT; RIO VISTA VICE PRINCIPAL LOSES HAIR OVER PTA DRIVE.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer After losing a challenge with his school's Parent-Teacher Association parent-teacher association Noun an organization consisting of the parents and teachers of school pupils formed to organize activities on behalf of the school , Rio Vista Rio Vista may refer to:
Baker's head was shaved shave v. shaved, shaved or shav·en , shav·ing, shaves v.tr. 1. a. To remove the beard or other body hair from, with a razor or shaver: on the campus playground one recent afternoon in front of PTA PTA or parent-teacher association: see parent education. president Marquita Olivier, who took on Baker's challenge of gaining a 100 percent membership, and hundreds of students. ``He challenged us for about a month,'' Olivier said. ``I made a promise to the kids and I had to go through with it.'' Although PTA members had already started their annual recruitment drive, Olivier said that the challenge made the drive an overwhelming success. ``The students are real fired up,'' Olivier said before the salon treatment. ``He has a big, thick head of hair.'' To gain the 100 percent PTA membership, officials said that they had to get representation for all 928 students at the school. Some members paid as much as $50 in pledges for those who had not paid their $5 dues. As Lina Patel of Fantastic Sam's took the first strokes of the day, Olivier asked Baker, ``What did you do to those people? They want to see you bald.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) BEFORE - Lina Patel shaves the head of Rio Vista Elementary School Vice Principal Jon Baker as PTA president Marquita Olivier watches. Baker lost a bet with the PTA over a membership drive. (2) AFTER - Rio Vista Elementary School Vice Principal Jon Baker shows off his new, low-maintenance do. |
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