As all students know (except for freshman this year), geese have been on our campus year-round. Whether snooping around near lunch tables hoping for food or honking around the breezeway as they eat the grass, the geese have been a staple part of our community. However, recently it has become apparent that the geese are no longer here and many are worried. As we started the 2024-2025 school year there have been murmurs of where the geese may have gone, how they left, and if there were any driving factors that contributed to their decision.

After some research, I found that geese typically start their migration process in the months of September and October, moving South for the warmest weather conditions. While this is a very reasonable explanation for their disappearance many are still hesitant to believe this because they have always stayed on the campus year-round despite the weather.

After speaking with the teacher who inspired this article she shared her thoughts on said geese. When I asked Mrs. Grayson if she had any conspiracy theories about what may have happened to the geese, she replied “I think they rounded them up and put them in a van to get them off campus!” She was aware of their migration patterns but brought up the vital fact that “We started school in August and the geese were still gone!” Previous to this interview I did check in with Ms. Ryan to which she confirmed that the school was not involved with the disappearance of the geese and that CCSD did not remove them from the campus, yet it is obvious some believe otherwise….

Coincidently a couple of days after inquiring about the disappearance of the geese (practically our second school mascot), there were spottings of geese both in the school parking lot and around the school. Although, interestingly enough nobody saw what direction they had come from, which leads me to my final question… Is this truly a coincidence or did administrators start to catch onto everyone’s suspicions?

After spotting the beloved geese again, I knew I had to check in on Mrs. Grayson to see how she was thinking: “I feel like they must have found…I don’t know…it felt like there were at least fifty of them in the parking lot the other morning.” After contemplating and reviewing the facts she concluded that there are two possible reasons. First, she thinks that “they could be different geese entirely and just saw a wide open lot with nice drainage ponds and decided to move in.” Second, she believes that they could be “our original geese that found their way home like when puppies and kittens do that in children’s movies.” What an interesting view on this phenomenon! To put an end to this goose madness I thought I would ask Mr. Perlmutter if he knew anything interesting and he responded, “I don’t know what happened but they’re back!” So there you have it everyone, nobody knows, and the truth shall remain unknown.