Grandparents get breakfast, class time, bathroom breaks

It was a mixture of fond memories and new joys for families participating in this year’s Grandparents Day at Washington Elementary in Niles.

A revival of a decades-old tradition in the district, Thursday’s Grandparents Day invited pupils’ relatives to experience breakfast, class time and bathroom breaks at the four Niles elementary schools.

“In the past, we would have grandparents come in and have lunch with their grandkids,” Principal Linda Ruggles said. “But they never got a chance to see [the children] in their classrooms.”

“This was an opportunity to open the school to another extension of the family,” she said.

In fact, more than 510 visiting grandparents showed up Thursday morning, nearly matching the pupil population of 515.

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