Kids & Family

PHOTOS: Moms to the Rescue

What to do when a beloved playground mural is fading? Call in the San Juan Elementary moms.

A colorful map of the United States painted on an elementary school playground is iconic, as any third grader could tell you ... if he knew what iconic meant.

So when the playground map at San Juan Elementary started to fade, moms went into action this morning. 

It was a labor of love for moms Micky Mondino, Lilia Severson, Silvia Valladares and Adela Diaz. 


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