WEYBRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL students Timothy Hunsdorfer and Thomas Given prepare to do a weight test on the popsicle stick bridge they helped build at the school last week. Independent photo/Trent Campbell
WEYBRIDGE — Weybridge Elementary School is taking very seriously its mission of building students a bridge to a better future.
In fact, every student in the small community school spent last week building a total of 10 bridges — not in the same vein as Middlebury’s $16 million Cross Street Bridge that can support multi-ton vehicles, but rather tiny spans made out of popsicle sticks designed to withstand at least 5 pounds of weight.
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