Chatter quickly increased in Paul Shuirman’s math classroom during lunch on Thursday, Feb. 19, as students began decorating nutria-shaped cookies, completed nutria-themed word searches and watched videos of nutria on the TV.
The Nutria Party, thrown by McNary High School’s Font Club and themed for a semiaquatic rodent native to South America, drew enough students to fill most seats in the room. Club members said they usually take up just one or two tables during…
