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Teddy Ligon, 6, plays on a swing at Sol Forest School in Tijeras, New Mexico on February 3, 2021. Credit: Adria Malcolm for The Hechinger Report
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Cedar Crest, N.M. On a frigid December morning in a snow-speckled forest clearing in New Mexico’s Sandia Mountains, a chorus of children bundled in snowsuits, hats and gloves attempted their best impressions of a bear snoring. “I can snort like a pig!” one chimed in as the others giggled.