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It was a brutal winter. Daytime temperatures were near freezing and snow had to be shoveled day after day. It was all the more brutal for Barbara and Sonia, who operate Whiz Kidz Preschool, because staffing was short due to the loss of one teacher (she slipped on ice and broke her leg), and the repeated absences of a teacher’s aide who seemed unable to vanquish a chronic head cold. One bright spot was that Smithers, the maintenance man, had just finished assembling a new pre-fab slide in the play yard.
Break time. Play time. Barbara made sure the kids were bundled up, then herded them into the play yard. Barbara observed from the schoolhouse door while Esther, a veteran ...