There are no surprises. We get right to work when the term begins. We don't need a six-week adjustment period. But that's okay because we've grown up with each other. We feel pretty close by now.
Students thrive in the family atmosphere where teacher and aide are addressed by first names.
Like countless Midwesterners, most of the parents themselves learned their three R's in a single-room school. They stand solidly behind ranch country values of neighbor helping neighbor. The schoolhouse is their community center. She doesn't teach evolution or sex education. There are references to Jesus Christ in class, and foul language is nonexistent.