Snow day bliss followed by hangover

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Snow days, calendar marks in the euphoria of youth. No teachers. No books. Just full, brimming hours to build snow forts and slurp cocoa and lick telephone poles. Perfection.

But as any adult knows, nothing comes without a price. Fairfax County is making up the snow days by hauling its students into class Monday — while all the other kids have President’s Day off.

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