Farewell, Swansfield

Today, my youngest child had his 5th grade promotion ceremony at Swansfield Elementary School. I'm all up in my feelings right now, not just because of the poignancy of childhood milestones, but also because it is hard to say goodbye to such a special school after seven years. People in Howard County tend to look down on Swansfield, having bought into the notion that test scores or a rating on GreatSchools.com is all that's required to determine a school's caliber and predict student outcome...
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