美“校長電話”叫學生起牀

Chronically tardy and truant students at a Massachusetts high school are getting a rude awakening - a pre-recorded morning wake-up call from their school principal. The so-called "robo-calls" that began on Wednesday are aimed at rousting about 500 students from bed and getting them to school on time.

"It's 6:15 and it's Durfee High School calling," booms the voice of Principal Paul Marshall of B.M.C. Durfee High School in Fall River. Robo-calls are typically used to notify parents of weather-related school delays and cancellations.

In New York City the wake-up calls feature the voice of former professional basketball star Magic Johnson.

Administrators hope the effort will boost attendance from 88 percent now to 95 percent.

那些經常遲到或曠課的馬薩諸塞州高中學生日前正疲於應對吵醒自己的“突然襲擊”——一通來自校長的錄音“鬧鐘電話”。據瞭解，這種“鬧鐘電話”於週三開始實行，旨在讓500多名學生按時起牀、準點上學。

其中，在“鬧鐘電話”裏，福爾裏弗的德菲高中校長保羅這麼叫學生起牀：“6:15了，德菲高中叫你起牀。”據悉，“鬧鐘電話”曾被用於通知家長一些諸如天氣原因導致推遲或取消課程的變動事宜。

而在紐約市，一些學校甚至邀請籃球巨星“魔術師”約翰遜等名人獻聲。

管理人員希望新措施能夠將出勤率從現有的88%增至95%。