Wayne Kulie

After teaching elementary school for 32 years, Wayne Kulie knew most parents never read the classroom policy manuals he doled out during the first week of school. * So the Mira Catalina Elementary schoolteacher published the "Room 15 News." Complete with graphics and photos, one story reports this finding by a make-believe efficiency expert: "Students can become more organized by using Mr. Kulie's assignment sheets."

After teaching elementary school for 32 years, Wayne Kulie knew most parents never read the classroom policy manuals he doled out during the first week of school. * So the Mira Catalina Elementary schoolteacher published the "Room 15 News." Complete with graphics and photos, one story reports this finding by a make-believe efficiency expert: "Students can become more organized by using Mr. Kulie's assignment sheets."

THE CHOSEN FEW: Students, teachers and administrators on Tuesday celebrated the recognition of Parras Middle School in Redondo Beach as a National Blue Ribbon Exemplary School. More than 100 middle and high schools throughout the state sought the award, given by the U.S. Department of Education, said Principal Kathy Tellez. Only 37 California schools received it--seven of them in Los Angeles County. Tellez, along with Redondo Beach schools Supt.