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Schools

What Happened to Summer?

Cooler temps and Verona school bells ring in the new season

Only days ago it seemed like summer but with temperatures in the 60s and the gray skies hanging around, it’s almost as if someone turned a switch to put everyone in a back-to-school mood. The cars, vans and SUVs were back in line at H.B. Whitehorne Middle School on Wednesday morning, beginning what will be a ten-month ritual. Cargo shorts, tight jeans, flip-flops and athletic shoes continue to be the rage in classroom clothes. While reuniting with classmates takes the sting out of waking up early to slip on the backpacks.

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