Even in teacher retirement, during a morning snow flurry, I have always been excited when the Stanwood Camano School District had a snow day.
Last month, I experienced a real Snow Day for the first time in over 10 years because I am back teaching three periods of senior English every morning. The second Monday of my teaching stint, school was cancelled for snow.
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