Fake Lady Gaga doesn’t fool N.J. students, lands staffer in trouble

[catlover79]

http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/sta...fer-in-trouble

Wednesday, 01 June 2011 12:39

BY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

A staff developer at Tenafly’s elementary school district promised school children a Lady Gaga presentation through video and then allegedly used an impersonator, said school officials.

The staff developer reportedly told the students she became friends with Lady Gaga, who was born in New Jersey as Stefani Germanotta, when they were both interning at MTV.

The staff developer said Gaga planned to give the video talk to the third, fourth and fifth graders in all of the district’s elementary schools. But at the last minute, she said the singer was no longer available.

According to CBS New York, last Wednesday the teacher gathered students in the school library to have a video chat with Lady Gaga, and they received autographed pictures.

According to EW.com, Michael Ranaldi, a fourth grader attending Maugham Elementary, said he thought the presentation was strange because the woman he saw was wearing glasses and typing the answers to her questions supposedly because her microphone was disabled.

On Friday the school sent letters of apology home to parents and broke the news to heartbroken kids. School Superintendent Lynn Trager said, according to NorthJersey.com, “The staff developer also distributed photographs to our students with Lady Gaga’s purported signature.”
Trager said the female employee received permission for the presentation from administrators, who began investigating the authenticity of the presentation after a student questioned the autograph.

Trager said they are taking the matter very seriously and would take appropriate action.

[Zoneboy]

Originally Posted by Bob Holt

On Friday the school sent letters of apology home to parents and broke the news to heartbroken kids.

The parents of these heartbroken kids should send thank you letters to the schools.

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

The parents of these heartbroken kids should send thank you letters to the schools.

I saw that story on our local news and thought it was no great loss.

[Marvo301]

Originally Posted by catlover79

I saw that story on our local news and thought it was no great loss.

I figure the kids got off lucky. If the real Gaga had shown up they might have been scarred for life!!

[robyrob]

i'm sorry but I fail to see the educational benefit of having Lady Gaga talk to school children - what the heck is she expected to be teaching them?

[JamesG]

Originally Posted by robyrob

i'm sorry but I fail to see the educational benefit of having Lady Gaga talk to school children - what the heck is she expected to be teaching them?

Same can be said for having Snooki speak at a college graduation.

[TheCars1986]

Originally Posted by robyrob

i'm sorry but I fail to see the educational benefit of having Lady Gaga talk to school children - what the heck is she expected to be teaching them?

How humans are born from eggs. And how people shouldn't eat meat, but wear it instead.

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by TheCars1986

How humans are born from eggs. And how people shouldn't eat meat, but wear it instead.

She'd be extolling the virtues of the Atkins Diet!!!!

[-STEFFY-]

Originally Posted by JamesG

Same can be said for having Snooki speak at a college graduation.

Snooky could give pointers on how to be a successful bar fly at the local joints.