Texas School Has Nation In Tears With Sweetest Winners For Homecoming King & Queen.
Seventeen-year-old Elijah Lester is a senior at Frisco High School in Texas this year, and as we all know, that’s a big deal.
It’s your last chance to do any number of things, from attending high school football games (as a student, anyway) and participating in school plays to finding dates for the homecoming dances and prom. Senior Ryan Abbott got to know Elijah after the two were paired as part of the school’s Best Buddies program, which partners students who have disabilities with those who don’t.
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Those partnerships are meant to help them feel more connected with their peers, but by the sounds of it, Elijah has more friends and fans than he knows what to do with. In fact, Ryan describes him as “the life of the school … Everybody loves him. Everybody knows him.”
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