Shorter summer and risky business

I visited Holt's Horizon Elementary today - the students' first day back from an abreviated summer vacation. The school is the only year-round school in the district and perhaps in the county.
I talked with a few of the kids and they seem to like having a six-week summer vacation and shorter breaks about every month. I can see how the alternative schedule may be a better option than the traditional school calendar I grew up with.

Also, a Portland township woman found an old pipe bomb while cleaning out her garage, put it in the trunk of her car and drove with it to the police department today. Talk about risky!