Transformation at Vallecitos School

In the teachers’ lounge at Rainbow’s Vallecitos Elementary School the cabinets were a hideous pink and the rest of the room was a rather dull nondescript color. However, that was all changed during the last holiday weekend, when the room was miraculously transformed into ‘Caffé del Professore,’ a chic room with a Tuscan bistro flavor. “Other teachers’ lounges may be decorated, but I’m sure that nobody else has their own bistro,” said Jonnie Flanagan, a Vallecitos mother who took part in the transformation process.

“I was just stunned,” said Ms. Bollinger, a seventh grade teacher who has been t...