Chapter 133

"Now class, who can tell me who the second president of the United States was?" Hope asked, standing in front of her class with a history book she'd checked out from the library, not that she needed it for that particular question. It had been two weeks and there was no update on the slates, nor had she made any progress on getting books from Mr. Stewart. Luckily, she'd worked a deal with Robert Canton that the students could walk to the library once a week and each check out a book. She'd also borrowed several for them to have in the classroom and would exchange them every week or so. Without slates, teaching was still a challenge, but the good behavior had stayed in place, for the most part, and the children all seemed eager to learn.