Combining Coursework and Views of Emus is a June 2 profile from the NYTimes of Millbrook School, where my stepmother teaches. She gets in the last words:
Dr. Sylvia D. Roberts, a biology teacher, said that there “is a niceness
that permeates the school, which is unreal in terms of today’s young
people and values.”“I’m convinced that the zoo and the caring for the animals” is
transmitted throughout the school, she said. “It’s part of our lives.”