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Where, oh where, is Mrs. Lind-Sherman?

That's the question Martin Luther King Elementary School students in Seattle will be trying to answer for the next three months in the absence of Jan Lind-Sherman . The 1st-grade teacher, who won $8 million in the state lottery two years ago and has continued teaching since then, packed her bags last week and headed for Australia--the starting point for a three-month sabbatical.

Before her departure she gave her students an assignment: track her down using hints she will leave for them on the...