Cedarville duck parade thwarted
ASHLEY SLOBODA | The Journal Gazette
The staff at Cedarville Elementary School thought the mama duck living in the school s courtyard with her ducklings knew the drill.
After all, the spring duck parade – an event designed to help usher the waterfowl through the school to the wild – is a Cedarville tradition.
Like in past years, students on Wednesday afternoon lined a path for the birds to follow, but the mother duck apparently wasn t ready for a showy sendoff.
She flew to the roof almost immediately after about six employees – including Principal Brad Bakle and second grade teachers Julie Roberts and Jennifer Elrod – began trying to coax the ducklings from the only home they ve known.