This afternoon, parents of New Fairfield, Connecticut school children received multiple Alert phone calls from our schools. Apparently a bear was spotted near the entrance to the New Fairfield High School. Later, the bear was thought to have moved on down the road to New Fairfield's Hidden Value Nature Preserve.
Being that the bear was near the schools' entrance, the schools delayed releasing the buses at the end of the day, and notified us via the new Alert phone system. Once police and the Department of Environmental Protection were set up at each school entrance, the buses were allowed to leave with the school children.
We received another Alert call informing us that the buses were released, but late, and children will be late arriving to their bus stops. Of course, they neglected to tell us how late the buses were released, and how late the children would be...so all of us parents stood standing at the bus stop...wondering if we should go home...and also wondering if the bear sighting was a student prank...
While a bear was located here in town just a few weeks ago, it probably is safe to assume that there was an actual bear sighting here in town again today. But, being the end of the school year, with Spring Fever running rampant, the possibility of it being just a student prank is kind of funny.
I love living in New England!
Don Fabrizio-Garcia
Keller Williams CT Realty
CT Home Group
don@FabRealEstate.com
www.FabRealEstate.com
New Fairfield, Connecticut Real Estate
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