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Ethan Brockman, 17, from left, Tyler Sulzberger, 17, and Zach Sulzberger, 16, gather supplies before starting another round of clay target shooting at the Downers Grove Sportsmen’s Club in Morris on April 30, 2021 More than 50 other students from several schools, grades 6 through 12, are part of the team based out of Parkview Christian Academy. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)

Dear Wondering: This story isn’t quite holding together for me (are these children twins, or did these encounters happen over the course of a couple of years?), and so I am trying to imagine the conversation your husband might have with the kids: “When I was 19 I had sex two times with a woman who claimed I fathered both of her children, but I don’t think I did …. Sooooo, just giving you a heads up!”

Under the arrangement, the federal government has paid the county $117 million since 2003 to hold detainees while they await hearings in immigration court in Chicago. That revenue, which the sheriff’s office reported at $10 million in fiscal year 2019, dropped to $7 million in FY 2020, and was less than $1 million in the first quarter this year, as ICE held fewer immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It’s a profession that, like many, has seen unparalleled hardships over the past 14 months, starting when COVID-19 caused an abrupt shutdown of schools. Though teaching music remotely to young children has had its particular challenges, Spears credits his colleagues, his students and their families with rising to the occasion, noting that being adaptable is one of the school’s core values. His students now either are still remote full-time or are in school two days a week.