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Where some people will say the dumbest thing I've ever done is push Dave to murderous mutterings, I disagree. The dumbest thing I've done is almost leaving one of our students behind at Annapolis, and it was completely my fault. And he's one of our best students, too! I wasn't supposed to be the chaperone, but the parent who was had a death in his family and had to leave on Friday. I was the only adult with the security clearance to be the official chaperone on the bus ride home, so what else could I do? Well, after the closing ceremony, I gathered all of the kids in one area while one of the adults went to find the bus. She was supposed to call another parent with the information but never did (turns out she called that parent's home phone). One student, Kyle, asked if he could run back to our pit area to look for his coat, so I said yes, and told him to meet us out front. We herd everyone else outside, and try to keep them from spreading out and mixing into the crowd... a parent called the bus driver for location and we all head over there... On the bus, we take role... When Kyle's name comes up, I say, "He went with his father." (which he could have, but I don't know why he didn't). The bus is slowly inching foward when Kyle comes running up to the bus... whew! Lucky break for a horrible chaperone!

Heidi

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