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Jason Lee Martinez is 5 years old and fidgets in the media center of Cahoon Elementary Magnet School this morning, waiting his turn to register. He’s headed to kindergarten here. His little sister, Raquel Rowland, 2, hugs their mom, Dusty Rowland.
For this family, life at Cahoon, a school that has a special focus on animal sciences, is a family affair.
“I used to go here when I was a kid,” Dusty says. On a television monitor nearby, Principal Tanly Cabrera addresses the school. It’s just after the start of classes, about 8:15 a.m. and she’s welcoming everyone for another year. She holds a Florida king snake as an attention-getter. She announces prizes given out to a few students. Next to her is Kelly Diedring, a Busch Gardens employee, who holds a fat blue-tongue skink.
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