Locker master

If you believe the Niskayuna Central School District, the single biggest change between elementary school and middle school is having a locker. They held an orientation over the summer to talk to the kids about what goes in their locker, and then they invited parents to a morning orientation with their children to see if these lockboxes could actually be opened by 11-year-olds.

Well, our girl mustered all her brainpower and spun the dial twice to the right, back to the left past the first number, then immediately right to the third. It ain't so hard.