Lake View Elementary rebuilding school forest fort after fire

Scott Girard:

As a trail of Lake View Elementary School fifth-graders walked up the hill in the school’s forest Friday afternoon, a classmate’s excited voice rang out in front of them.

“They’re rebuilding it!”

The student was referencing the school’s fort, one of its many learning stations throughout the forest area behind the building on Madison’s north side. On Monday morning, students and staff found a distressing site: the fort had been burned.