The lights are out and nobody's answering

If you're trying vainly to reach someone at your local school or district today, don't feel bad that you're not getting a response.

They've shut down for Fridays this month to save the expense of running all the utilities and to help workers cut their traveling costs. Hope you remembered to keep your kids home from summer school.

One unfortunate side effect of this decision, though, is that no one is around to generate much school news today. Stay tuned.