AS PARENTS LINE UP OUTSIDE OF CARLISLE HIGH SCHOOL
LARRY ANGLIN/PARENT: "I'M NERVOUSLY EXCITED . THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE UP THERE."
STUDENTS LIKE TAYLOR ANGLIN HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATING THE TRIP TO THE INAUGURATION SINCE LAST YEAR WHEN HER TEACHER FIRST BROKE THE NEWS
TAYLOR ANGLIN/BUTLER TECH STUDENT: "I THOUGHT SHE HAS GOTTA BE KIDDING! I DONT REALLY GET AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THAT EVER."
MORE THAN 30 STUDENTS FROM CARLISLE HIGH ... MADISON SR HIGH AND BUTLER TECH FILED ONTO THIS BUS FOR AN 8 HOUR RIDE TO WHAT THEY SAY IS A ONCE IN A
LIFE TIME OPPORTUNITY HEATHER ALLISON/HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR: "THE IDEA OF TRANSFERRING POWER IN A PEACEFUL WAY IS WHAT WE ARE ALL
TOLD TO HONOR AND RESPECT."
SENIOR... JAMES MCABEE SAYS HE'S EAGER TO SEE THE ATMOSPHERE ON THE HILL JAMES MCABEE/CARLISLE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR: "IT IS VERY UNPREDICTABLE. BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF PROTESTING . THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE. I HAVE ONLY SEEN IT ON THE NEWS HERE. WE HAVE NEVER BEEN A PART OF THAT."
ALEXIS ROGERS/REPORTING:
"THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME CARLISLE STUDENTS MADE THEIR WAY TO AN INAUGURATION. ADMINISTRATORS HERE SAY IT IS THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY
CANNOT PLAN FOR THAT THEY MIGHT LEARN THE MOST FROM." )
BRAD POTTER/PRINCIPAL, CARLISLE HIGH SCHOOL: "WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE WALKING INTO . THEY GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO
COME BACK. THE NICE THING IS WHEN THEY GO THEY GET ALL THESE EXPERIENCES. THEY GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK TO DISCUSS IT NOT
JUST WITH THEIR TEACHERS BUT WITH THEIR PEERS. "
AS PARENTS BID FAREWELL... STUDENTS SAY THEY WILLA LWAYS REMEMBER THIS TRIP
JAMES MCABEE/CARLISLE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR: "ONE MORE MEMORY WE CAN MAKE BEFORE ITS FINALLY OVER."