This is a cardboard model of a French hotel created by a student in the Peabody Middle School. Jeanine and I are attending Maya’s Back to School Night where we meet all of her teachers and learn about the subjects she will be studying this year. She has switched languages from Mandarin to French, a decision I lament. On the positive side, she will have an exceptional teacher and will enjoy, as Nicolai did, the construction of a scale size French town.