Yeah, those lockers will get you every time......

When I was a social worker at an elementary school, one of the biggest middle school concerns of the fifth graders was the lockers. So...we bought a bunch of combination locks for the kids to practice, had locker relay races, etc. Well, yesterday, one of the little sixth grade girls opened her locker, and there was a snake curled up in the back. I happened to be walking down the hall at the time so of course I rushed in and removed the snake. No. I did not. Are you kidding me?!? I wasn't touching that snake! I did, however, make the kids stand a few feet away from the locker (as some wanted a closer look and one boy offered his snake removal services) while we waited for a braver staff member to arrive. How did the snake get in there? We have no idea. I guess it squeezed through the gaps, but that must have taken a lot of determination. We do have frequent snake sightings on campus, but I don't know if one has ever ended up in a locker before Friday. If that had happened to me in sixth grade, I think I would still be terrified of lockers! ::shivers::