To celebrate the start of another NFL season and Tom Brady's newfound freedom, Forest Park Middle School in Springfield, Massachusetts will be calling itself Tom Brady Middle School today. The secretaries were all instructed to answer the phone and inform callers they were speaking to someone at "Tom Brady Middle School." It is true, I called and spoke with Marge, who answered the phone saying "Tom Brady Middle School, how can I help you?"This was a student-driven move according to principal Tom Mazza, who told MassLive that he met with students that wanted to do something "creative and fun" to honor "the greatest American ever born," as Mazza joked. It's all in good fun, or is it?
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Chanting the Patriots name? That sounds like a cult, right? Things haven't gone totally off the rails at Tom Brady Middle School, though. When I asked Marge if students would be permitted to cheat on tests—for today only, anyway—she replied with a laugh "not that I'm aware of."h/t SI[MassLive]The school held an assembly in the morning to celebrate the school's new name. During the event, students and teachers chanted the Patriot's name. Many students are expected to participate in a flag football game scheduled for Thursday afternoon.