1.  Mrs. Katelyn Capper (K3) will take the year off with the soon-to-be birth
      of her first child and she plans to return the following school year.  
      Mrs. Valerie DiBello will teach the class this school year. 
  2.  As you may know, at the end of each school year I ask the students in
       Grades 3 to 8 to let Mrs. Costello and I know how the school year went. 
       Grades 3 to 5 pretty much respond to the question by being grateful,
       specific about their accomplishments, friends they made, plans for the
       summer, etc.  On the other hand, Grades 6 and 7 consider their time spent
       at OLC a form of entitlement and their letters are a wish list of requests
       that would drain the treasury of 5 states. So here we go: Elevators & longer
       gym periods, (to me that negates elevators because using the stairs is the
       warm up to gym class). Lockers in the hallways to make more room in the
       classrooms (the lockers are tucked into the coat closets in the back of the
       room; prior to the longed-for-lockers showing up I do not recall students
       gathering at any time in the coat closets for fear of being punctured by
       coat hooks).  Re-paint the school, put a Hot Dog Stand in the gym along
       with a souvenir/gift shop, more half-days, longer recess/lunch, dri-fit
       gym uniforms, bicycle rack, keeping cell phones handy in case of an
       emergency, etc. (not a bad idea if my blood pressure isn't stabilized by
       September...) And the winner is... a young lad who suggested that Scholar
       Dollars be printed with my picture on them! He is definitely scholarship
       material!  That's All Folks! Have a relaxing Fourth of July!