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story marble pillars framed the front portico. The first three floors were twelve feet high while the fourth floor was ten feet high. Six massive marble stairs and a half-dozen elevators connected the floors.

The school offices were in the center third of the first floor. The fully-equipped infirmary was on the left third. An auditorium with stage filled the right third of the first and second floors. The center of the second floor was a multi-purpose room. The walls were lined with bookshelves which contained the school's extensive library. One full-time librarian and several aides made sure the needs of the students were served from seven in the morning until nine in the evening. The room also served as a study hall and lunch room. The left third of the second floor was comprised of the kitchens and home economics classrooms. The entire third floor was devoted to classrooms while the entire fourth floor and the dormered attic comprised the dormitories.

A hundred-twenty foot wide and five hundred foot long three story athletic wing emerged from the middle of back of the building. This wing held an olympic-sized swimming pool, saunas, whirlpools, and hot tubs on the first floor. One third of the second floor held the locker rooms and showers. Above them were dance and aerobic studios. The balance of the second and third floors held the two-story gymnasium.

To the right rear of the main building sat a large twostory building. The stable filled the first floor. Twenty horses provided equestrian activities for the students and staff. The second floor served the school maintenance department. Connected to the side of this complex was the power/heat plant for the entire facility. Ten tennis courts filled the space between the athletic wing and the stable. On the left of the athletic wing and wrapping about the rear were thirty five Victorian styled cottages where most of the staff and their families could live.

The school only accepted students who had completed the fourth grade. Classroom size was limited to twenty students. Maximum sizes for the classes were 40 students for the fifth and sixth grades, 60 for the seventh and eighth grades, and 80 for the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth

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grades. This gave a maximum of 520 students. Class sizes were normally kept at ninety-five percent of capacity to accommodate late enrollers. Thus, the normal class sizes were 38, 57, and 76. The dormitory floors were separated by grade level with the junior and seniors occupying the more private attic area.

Needless to say, Cindy and Shelley fell in love with the school. Both begged to be allowed to enroll when they were old enough. Helen and Fred were equally impressed. They agreed to check into Shelley's eligibility for a scholarship.

Thus, two years later, Shelley and Cindy became students at The Misty Meener Academy. Shelley's fate was sealed by then; never would she be a male. Before she graduated from the exclusive school, she was a complete and very happy girl!

There was no longer any sign of the bad attitude that had ended her boyhood.

It had been replaced by a LASS-ITUDE!

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