Officer Deluna (Princess Mouseskin Rendition)

The principal of Booker T Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Dr. Rudes decided to retire sooner than expected. But before retiring, he knew he had to find someone worthy enough to take his place as head principal of Booker T Washington HSPVA. He decided he would ask Mr. Tatum, Mr. Bain, and Mr. Deluna one question that would prove their worthiness depending on their answers. The next day, Dr. Rudes called Mr. Tatum, Mr. Bain, and Mr. Deluna into his office and informed them of his plans to retire and leave his position up for any of the three who can give the best answer. He proceeded to ask “What is the most important enforcement to place on the students here at Booker T?” Mr. Tatum quickly responded, “Why art form of course! SWBAT take their art and make careers out of it when they leave here by using their DOL!” Pleased with his answer, Dr. Rudes then asked Mr. Bain for his response. “Students should become familiar with the art of performance as well as the art of putting a performance together. By that I mean stage preparation. The school would be nothing without that – or me.” Replied Mr. Bain. Also pleased with Mr. Bain’s answer, Dr. Rudes lastly asked Mr. Deluna for his. “ID badges.” Mr. Deluna replied with a very annoyed expression. Dr. Rudes gasped and immediately called for Officer Bell to escort Mr. Deluna out of the building. “How dare you insult the Booker T Washington student body? These children are artists not circus animals! You are to be fired immediately and taken to jail!” Dr. Rudes said to Mr. Deluna.

As Officer Bell escorted Mr. Deluna out of the building, Deluna begged him not to take him to jail. Because Officer Bell was devoted to Deluna, he decided he would let him off the hook. Officer Bell offered to help Deluna fix the situation he was in, but all Deluna asked for was a spare police officer uniform. Officer Bell agreed and gave Deluna one of the spare police uniforms he had in his car. Deluna changed into the uniform and traveled to a neighboring school known as W.T. White and asked for a job there as a DISD police officer. The principal of W.T. White agreed and made him in charge of regulating student behavior. At lunch, whenever the students got food, they would throw food at him while he wasn’t looking.

One day, Deluna had mistakenly dropped a flash drive containing video footage of the students at Booker T Washington in the halls. The janitors found it and took it to the principal of W.T. White. The principal called Deluna into his office and asked how he had obtained the flash drive. Deluna could no longer contain his true identity. He pulled out his assistant principal ID badge from Booker T Washington and showed it to the principal of W.T. White. With great surprise, the principal asked “What are you doing as an officer? I’m declaring you assistant principal of W.T. White immediately!”  

A few weeks later, there was a DISD principal meeting held W.T. White. Principals from all over DISD gathered to talk about their issues hoping to seek advice from the other principals. It came time for Dr. Rudes to talk about his issues. “I’m having a hard time tracking down students who are being caught sneaking in the senior entrance after 9:05! It would be a lot easier if I knew these students’ names! What should I do?” Dr. Rudes explained. “Well maybe if you enforced wearing ID badges at Booker T, you wouldn’t have such a hard time learning names.” Deluna quickly answered. All at once, Dr. Rudes recognized Deluna and begged for forgiveness. Now that Dr. Rudes had understood Deluna’s reasoning, Deluna was more dear to him than anything in the world.