The lunchroom at Willow School was crowded, but no one seemed to notice the tall guy in line with second graders. Superintendent Dale Mitchell reads along looking over the shoulder of second graders as they start reading a new book in the Magic Treehouse series.
He followed along to the table, swung his legs over the bench and sat at the table chatting with a row of little girls, comparing his lunch of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and banana with theirs.