Touching up Andersen United's image

She sent her students inside but the heat didn't drive her in

July 21, 2014 at 9:58PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

MPLS figured anyone out painting her school's name in Monday's brutal 91-degree heat deserves a shoutout.

Jena McDermott, an AmeriCorps volunteer at Andersen United Community School in the Phillips community, sent the kids inside due to the heat. But she remained outside. "I'm a perfectionist," she said.

McDermott works with kids in an after-school sports and arts program, who decided to paint the bricks spelling out "Andersen" in rainbow colors. The bricks previously were all-white.

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