Port Aransas High School junior Macy Luker is surrounded by many of the PAHS faculty and staff who recently dug into their own pockets to collect enough money to pay Luker's tuition to the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington D.C. in March. Front row, from left: Cheryl Park, Bill Slingerland, Tiara Followell, Macy Luker, Hope Radican (Luker's mother), Piper Boies, Laurie Barello; middle row, from left: Beegee McBride, Randell Buttler, Pam Voyles, Steve Reaves, Randy Henderson, Nona Farley, Sherri Bujan, Jill Smith; back row, from left: Tom McHenry, Melanie Mayer, Leif Johnson, Charles Casto, Monica Sonnier, Peter Hagedorn and Paul Patteson.

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