Ted, Ted, Ted

Michelle Whittington died Sunday. For several years she was the head teacher at Playmates Preschool’s Young 5 section, which is for kids who are almost ready for kindergarten but aren’t old enough, or old enough but not ready. She built it into a strong, joyful, lively place, a little fog-belt Summerhill. When Laura got there last year Michelle had retired because of her illness. We got two very smart and original teachers to carry it on, but you could tell it was still Michelle’s place. In the Playmates archive box there is a picture of her in gardening gloves, taking care of things around the co-op. She was a real tree-planter.