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As a new school principal at King David High School, Mr. Samuels, who was hired to implement some “law and order”, was checking over his new school on the first day. Passing the stockroom, he was startled to see the door wide open and teachers bustling in and out, carrying off books and supplies in preparation for the arrival of students the next day.
The school where he had been a principal previously had used a checkout system only slightly less elaborate than that at Fort Knox.
Cautiously, Mr. Samuels asked the school's long-time custodian, "Do you think it's wise to keep the stockroom unlocked and to let the teachers take things without requisitions?"
The custodian looked at him gravely. "We trust them with the children, don't we?"