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**The Franchise** · 03-25-2009, 06:00 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510471,00.html

School Warns Parents Dead Daughter Can't Go to Prom

The parents of a British teen, who died suddenly two months ago, received a disturbing letter from the girl's high school saying she needs to improve her attendance or can't go to the prom, the Manchester Evening News reported.

The letter said Megan Gillan's attendance was 60.4 percent and the school requires its students to keep a 92 percent attendance record.

"I screamed when I first saw it," her mother Margaret Gillan told the newspaper. If they want her to attend that much I'll take Megan's remains. It's disgusting."

Gillan was found dead Jan. 19 in her bedroom at her parent's home. The letter was dated March 16.

"Megan would have loved going to the prom," her mother said. "She planned to go with a group of friends, she was really looking forward to it."

A school spokesman apologized and told the Manchester Evening News, "that letter should not have gone out," and blamed it on a "software error."

keg in kc · 03-25-2009, 06:02 PM

I shouldn't be laughing at the idea of this.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 03-25-2009, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Grieving Mother

"I screamed when I first saw it," her mother Margaret Gillan told the newspaper. If they want her to attend that much I'll take Megan's remains. It's disgusting."

Really? I mean, it's a very unfortunate error, but that's the reaction? ****in British........

**Rain Man** · 03-25-2009, 06:18 PM

I bet if you took her to prom, you could pretty easily score with her afterwards.

Boise_Chief · 03-25-2009, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I bet if you took her to prom, you could pretty easily score with her afterwards.

Don't forget lube, she might dry out.

I'm going to hell.

Big Chief Homer · 03-25-2009, 08:21 PM

When I was a sophmore in college my mother called to tell me I had to come home.

When I asked her why, she said my High school sent her a letter saying I owed them a weeks in school suspension for blowing off a couple of detentions my senior year.

Frazod · 03-25-2009, 08:26 PM

There are some sick, twisted people here.

I'm OK with that.

big nasty kcnut · 03-25-2009, 08:33 PM

Well at least she'll fit into that prom dress now.
J/k
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boogblaster · 03-25-2009, 09:17 PM

This ain't right ...

Spott · 03-25-2009, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by big nasty kcnut

Well at least she'll fit into that prom dress now.
J/k
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RJ · 03-25-2009, 09:39 PM

I'm trying to remember what this kind of stuff got blamed on before there were computers.

I think we called them "bookkeeping errors".

DJ's left nut · 03-25-2009, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boise_Chief

Don't forget lube, she might dry out.

I'm going to hell.

Brings a completly new perspective to "Dry as a bucket of sand"...

Pablo · 03-25-2009, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by big nasty kcnut

Well at least she'll fit into that prom dress now.
J/k
Posted via Mobile Device

Thread. Over.

Ultra Peanut · 03-26-2009, 03:43 AM

Quote:

"I screamed when I first saw it," her mother Margaret Gillan told the newspaper. If they want her to attend that much I'll take Megan's remains. It's disgusting."

I'm not usually one to demean the bereaved, but... that's not a very sensible reaction or follow-up, Margaret.

**jAZ** · 03-26-2009, 05:21 AM

Sh*t happens. I understand how any reminder of a lost child is horrible, and the error is unfortunate. But it's nothing worth writing an article about, unless it's news of the weird or something.

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