After a restful spring break, Psychology teacher Michele Sambiase rolled into the back faculty parking lot, blissfully unaware of what was to come.
“I start walking,” she stated, “all of a sudden I heard hissing from right behind me. [The gander] was inches behind my leg, about to bite me, and I ran and almost dropped all my things.”
The season of spring represents life and growth, which has been found in the back faculty teacher parking lot. After spring break, teachers discovered a gander aggressively protecting a nest full of recently laid eggs.
“The day that we came back from spring break, [the gander] was standing in the middle of the driving area,” said English teacher Brittany DelSignore.
DelSignore worried about the geese’s safety, but noticed caution tape that the administration had strung around the nesting area and noted that faculty members drive safely.
“Now, I actually really look forward to pulling in every day and like seeing them there,” said DelSignore. “ “I love the goose and I hope that they remain safe and protected until their little eggs hatch.”
Since discovering the goose, Sambiase parks strategically to avoid it, walking around her car and onto the grass in order to enter the building.
“I sit sometimes,” Sambiase stated, “in the front just to be funny and watch other people get out of their cars to see if they’ll get chased by the goose just for some morning entertainment.”
She often warns others of the goose’s presence as well.
A handful of weeks later, a gaggle of goslings can be found resting and trailing their mother wherever she went.
The goslings serve as a reminder that nature will persevere anywhere – even the school’s back parking lot.
