When A Massive Fire Hit, This Teacher Reached Out To Comfort Her Kids (by Richard Hunt)
She smiles and calls what happened the morning after the disastrous fire: \u201cSalon Gano.\u201d \n\nTeacher Michelle Gano welcomed her classroom of third graders with a very special Monday morning of fun and encouragement. That\u2019s because many of the children were still stunned and sleep-deprived from what had just happened overnight. A raging inferno struck Bound Brook, New Jersey, in January. \n\n\u201cI didn\u2019t see it, but I can only imagine the site that these kids saw\u2026 right out their windows!\u201d Michelle knows it was a \u201cterrifying image.\u201d After learning the full extent of the fire situation, Michelle says \u201call I wanted to do was be with my kids in my classroom and just know that everyone was safe.\u201d \n\nAs she considered what to do as a teacher, she realized \u201cacademics were out the window\u201d that day, so she gathered supplies in case any of her students needed to get cleaned-up, wash their hair, or brush their teeth. That was what became known as \u201cSalon Gano\u201d \u2013 complete with a shampoo station, a hair-drying station, and then some \u201cfancy hairdos.\u201d The result? \u201cIt really was a special way of being together and taking care of really their physical needs, but also their emotional needs, they were so shaken by the night before.\u201d