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Long for sixth grade.

“Parents like having the continuity of having one school for all of elementary school,” Gonzalez says.

Sotwoyearsago,theschool retained its graduating third graders over to fourth grade, and this year they had fifth graders for the first time in years.

Recently,theCubScoutpack raised$180toplacetwostone lions — Lipscomb’s mascot — at the entry of Lipscomb to symbolize the transition from Lipscomb to Long.

Dieterich, who also started a Cub ScoutspackatMatawhenhis older son was a student there, is movingontohelpoutwithBoy Scouts Troop 325 at Long. Sarah Dieterich will stay on one more year to help organize the Scouts groups at Lipscomb.

Butthey’vecreated a scouting tradition at the school.

“They’vetrainedyoungparents to get involved,” Gonzalez says. “So they’re passing the reins.”

RACHEL STONE

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