By Chris Concannon
A trio of young turtles was the opening act for a lengthy Bellmawr Board of Education meeting last week.
Although the University of Maryland Men’s basketball team, nicknamed the \”Terrapins,\” or \”Terps\” for short, did not make it out of the second round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament, there was plenty of other \”March Madness\” at the meeting.
Fifth Grade Teacher Kathleen Silvik, along with nine of her students, presented a PowerPoint slideshow featuring three Diamondback Terrapin turtles, named Tuck, Muffin and Stitches.
The students received the shelled sentinels from a South Jersey Wildlife Management center, and are responsible for their care and feeding.
Muffin, it turns out, is a male, much to the chagrin of the un-named student who gave \”him\” the moniker.
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