STOCKBRIDGE — Elizabeth Rutherford arrives at Austin Road Elementary about the same time teachers pull into the parking lot.
It is still cold and fairly dark when the campus begins to stir. But in minutes, the slow trickle of motorists into the school driveway explodes into a deluge of car-riders.
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