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Usually the presence of a fire truck on a school campus is not a good thing. However, with lights flashing, the big red fire truck pulled into the parking lot of McNair Elementary, in the Hazelwood School District, with two students, Chantrel Clayton and Kenedee Rainbolt onboard.

    Clayton and Rainbolt, won the annual fire safety essay contest sponsored by the Hazelwood Fire Protection District. The winners of the contest earned a special ride to school on a fire truck.

The two students, who are both in Shannon Drake’s fifth grade classroom, enjoyed their ride to school. Both said this was the best Monday that they ever had.

When asked to describe what riding on a fire truck was like, Clayton said, it” was really cool and loud!” “Riding on the fire truck was a lot of fun and all of the gear is really cool,” she said. “I have never been on a fire truck, this is great!”

This is the third year that McNair Elementary has participated in the fire safety essay contest.

McNair Principal Jennifer Roper was happy to see some community members out at the event. “This is really wonderful,” she said. “I love to see our students be recognized, especially by the greater Hazelwood community.”

PHOTO: These two McNair School students, Chantrel Clayton and Kenedee Rainbolt got a ride to school on the Hazelwood Fire District fire truck as winners of an essay contest.

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