STOCKBRIDGE — Many set goals to make it to this point, standing with peers clad in satiny caps and gowns and ready to receive their hard-earned high school diplomas.
But most do not achieve the benchmark Lukas Livecche set for himself. He graduates from Woodland High this month with perfect attendance — 13 years of showing up on time in Henry County Schools.
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