The morning of Friday, February 12th was another cold morning, and BRRRR, this morning it was 10 degrees...And like yesterday morning, there were areas that were having snow, ice pellets and fog...However, it was expected to warm up to 42 that day. The cubs were sure happy to see that morning southbound freight train go by, which meant the school bus should be arriving soon where inside it would be nice and warm.
Before long, the school bus arrived, and the cubs were off to school in that comfortable warm school bus. Then Al and Marge hugged and kissed before Al left with Clarence to Estancia.
This trip was along Route 3 to Route 60. At one point along Route 3, because the bus has to make stops, Al caught up to the school bus. Cubs aboard the bus would wave from the rear windows of the bus as Clarence and Al would wave back from the front seat of the Chrysler. Of course, everywhere the bus stopped, Al would also have to stop. Eventually, when there was a long enough straight away on Route 3, and Stimpson Mink, the bus driver, was sure the fog wasn't obscuring visibility of the oncoming lane, he slid the bus driver's window open, slowed the bus down and motioned Al to pass when it was safe to do so. As Al passed the bus, he tooted the horn as to say "Thank you".

When Al and Clarence arrived at the school board in Estancia, a sweet and lovable female ferret named Connie was assigned to administer a series of tests. Being that Clarence had no school records from the school years '57-'58, '58-'59 and '59-60, he was given an aptitude tests to determine what grade he could be placed in. As far as the school system knew anything about Clarence, no one had any idea who he was before Al and Marge adopted him, or where he came from.
When the tests were completed and graded, it was determined that Clarence can be places in the 3rd grade (being able to continue in the grade he was in in 2018)...All be it know though, the score Clarence made on those tests were barely high enough to get him into the 3rd grade...Had he missed by only a few more points on those tests, he would have been placed in 2nd grade...Listening to the advice Clarence was given by his biological parents in 2018 about not clowning around like the others in school did pay off, being that Clarence was able to pass the aptitude tests with a score that did allow him to continue on the 3rd grade level. Had Clarence not listened to his biological parents, Charley and Alice, and had been occupied with causing mischief in school right along with the delinquent cubs in 2018, it would have cost him being able to go to the 3rd grade, as he would have made a test score that would have been low enough to place him in the 1st or 2nd grade in February of 1960.

Once everything was taken care of at the school board, Al had to report to work at the lab...Of course, like yesterday, because the family only had one car, Clarence had to come to work with Daddy Al until the end of the work day.
After Al and Clarence arrived home that evening, Marge and the cubs were delighted to find out that Clarence did well enough on the aptitude tests to place him in the 3rd grade which was the right grade to be in for his age. Rex Coyote, being in the 3rd grade, was also happy that Clarence did so well on the tests, because that meant Clarence and Rex will be in the same class together.
Also...One thing was always made perfectly crystal clear to the cubs by Al and Marge...Clarence and the other cubs were NEVER to mention anything to their classmates or teacher about a time machine and 2018...including to NEVER EVER bring that cellphone, laptop and drawing tablet to school, or even make any mention about those electronic devices.
The rest of the evening, before sundown, Clarence, Jed, Rex and Donna played with the other neighbor cubs. Clarence was surprised to see that toys such as tricycles, bicycles, wagons, push scooters and petal cars were made of tough, durable metal, compared to the tin like and plastic versions of those toys he had always known. One of the neighbor cubs who was out playing that evening was a 7 year old female from a neighboring coyote family, Cheryl Coyote...As the cubs were playing Cheryl eventually took a special liking to Clarence, which in turn, Clarence did feel a fondness toward her as well.
As it got dark, it was eventually time for the cubs to go to their respective homes where their parents would have supper ready, then maybe watch some cartoons (on black and white TV of course), then later get a shower and get ready for bed.

Tomorrow was going to be a Saturday...Which meant Al has that day off from work, and the cubs have off from school. It would be a day the family could go out together for some leisure and enjoyment.

To be continued.