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Free Press Online

The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

Free Press Online

The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

Free Press Online

A community college building surrounded by plants and greenery. Digital Illustration by Allison McCall.

FEATURE: Committed To Community

Simon Williams, Online Editor-In-Chief April 15, 2025

While many students have yet to commit to universities and colleges across the country — awaiting decision letters, financial aid awards, scholarships and more — some students have already committed...

Students sit in the library and flip through college pamphlets. On Jan. 20, President Barack Obama addressed the nation with his State of the Union. In his address, Obama proposed a plan to make community college free for full-time students with a GPA of 2.5 or higher.

Reporter discusses opinion of free community college proposal

Kellie Stofac, Reporter February 19, 2015

Two years of free college sounds perfect, until you realize that this plan is far too expensive for those that would most need to utilize it. With a GPA of 2.5 or higher and a full-time enrollment, students...

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The Road After High School

kyra haas and ryan liston, reporters November 13, 2012

Mary Gregory Sophomore Mary Gregory doesn’t want to be here for the rest of her life.  She would cry if she couldn’t go somewhere else for college. Her grandparents want her to go to school...

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