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Barbara and Sonia are the owners of Whiz Kidz Preschool and, times being tough, they made a couple of decisions based primarily on financial considerations rather than sound business practices. First, despite an incident where five-year-old Wanda strolled into the school kitchen and another where she meandered out the front gate of the school, they thought terminating her enrollment too harsh and they needed the tuition money, despite the risk that came with keeping an adept wanderer on campus. Second, in need of a helping hand but unwilling to offer more than minimum wage, they reluctantly hired a rather surly and immature recent high school graduate named Sandra to serve as a teacher’s ...