Size of the North Slope Bourough School District

Here's another factoid for you:
The school district that I teach in is about 4,ooo sq. miles larger than the state of Minnesota.
It includes about 1/4th of the state of Alaska or about 88,000 sq. miles. Minnesota, the 12th largest state is about 84,000 sq. miles.
Crazy, huh?

In other news ... I got off work today for the last time until January 7th. So, we are off to Kodiak where it's about 30 degrees warmer (highs in the 30's) and the sun comes up everyday (not in another month and a half). It's amazing what you can be thankful for.

And, here's a picture of when my Dad came to Barrow at the end of Octoober.