SHELBYVILLE, Ky. — When the funding for Shannon Johnson's job as a school mental health counselor came to an abrupt end, two years into a five-year grant, she thought about the work left to be done.
Shannon Johnson stands for a portrait Nov. 18 at Martha Layne Collins High School in Shelbyville, Ky.
Students rotate through stations during a science, technology, engineering and mathematics activity, facilitated by the Kentucky Science Center, at Simpsonville Elementary School.
Students work together on a science, technology, engineering and mathematics challenge, facilitated by the Kentucky Science Center, at Simpsonville Elementary School on Nov. 18 in Simpsonville, Ky.
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Students rotate through stations during a science, technology, engineering and mathematics activity, facilitated by the Kentucky Science Center, at Simpsonville Elementary School.
Students work together on a science, technology, engineering and mathematics challenge, facilitated by the Kentucky Science Center, at Simpsonville Elementary School on Nov. 18 in Simpsonville, Ky.