The Shop teacher looked frazzled, worn out, or just plain stunned. No immediate report there.
Haruna Sakurada decided that it was her turn. "Both Minako and Usagi have poor test scores, except that Minako seems to be good at foreign languages. Makoto and Ranma both manage average scores. Ami is exceptional."
"In physical terms, none of them are average," said the PE teacher. "I've requested testing to make sure Ranma is human."
"Denied, that's already been determined," said the principal. "He's human, and a martial arts prodigy. His physical abilities are exceptional but not completely unheard of. High level martial artists of certain bloodlines can manage such things."
"Well, I've never heard of it," said the PE teacher.
"Then perhaps you might consider a little more research," said the principal.
For some reason this comment caused the Shop teacher to begin twitching.
"What about construction? Status?" asked the principal, turning attention to the maintenance supervisor/janitor.
"The greenhouse is almost complete," said the janitor. "The club outbuildings are finished and should be ready for use next week. Just waiting for final inspection and furniture at this point. The upgrades to the Shop are about half done. There's some equipment coming later on..."
The Shop teacher gave some odd giggling noises that interrupted the report.
"Tsubara? You have some concerns?" asked the principal.
"Concerns?" said the Shop teacher. "You might say that. You want to know why it's not done? It's because someone keeps re-designing and upgrading equipment. Ever since she got that CAD program and started it... do you have any idea what she's DONE?!"
"If you mean the computer chip designs, the Japanese government has already mentioned them and that they have been moved to 'highly classified' status," said the principal solemnly. "We're getting significant computer upgrades for the school, and they're bypassing our normal budget for such things in return for what they can acquisition."
"Quantum computers," said the twitching Tsubara. "Tetraflop drives? Palladium reactors? Half the class does half-assed jobs on their assignments just so they can see what SHE'S built THIS TIME!"
"Well, that might be a little disruptive," reasoned the principal, "yet they ARE there to learn and they might be learning quite a lot from watching such a gifted child."
"She's currently working on a TELEPORTATION GATE?!" said Tsubara, his voice edging up into the higher octaves. "She states it's one step on the path to reinventing something called a 'pokeball' but..."
"Have you considered a vacation?" asked the principal. "I do believe you're stressing out a bit."
"Three days ago she noticed Hiroyuki was working on a motorcycle," said Tsubara, his eyes unfocussed. "She fixed it in five minutes, worked out the parts needed to convert it to compressed-natural-gas, then designed a battery system to make it fully electric."
"Oh?" asked the principal.
"The nice government men gave Hiroyuki enough to buy a new motorcycle and classified all the notes!" said Tsubara, still twitching.
"I wasn't aware they were being that intrusive," said the principal.
"This is a Junior High," said Tsubara, "Tokyo University wants her to attend next year."
"Well, that's next year," said the principal.
"I could be rid of her next year? Get back to normal?" asked Tsubara. "You don't know what it's like with all these government types coming in EVERY DAY with all their questions and probes."
"If it is what is best for the students, I will certainly consider it," said the principal. "What about the trees?"
The janitor/maintenance supervisor nodded. "Makoto comes by and talks to the plants and trees as part of the Agriculture Club. Current estimate is that they're at nearly 300% of what would be expected of their growth cycle, and that's after just a week of her care."
Everyone wanted to get the conversation away from Tsubara's impending nervous breakdown, and so the next topic was:
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